aboot preposition about- aboot ages about the same age ☞ “He wis aboot ages wi me”
- aboot-gaan buddy • gaan-aboot buddy person who always seems to be visiting or going about
- aboot-hands in the vicinity ☞ “Is thee mither aboot-hands?”
- home-aboot in or around the house ☞ “He lay home-aboot for a while”
- in-aboot inside ☞ “Bide in-aboot, bairns, till that unkan man’s by”
- oot-aboot out and about ☞ “Willie can get oot-aboot noo the weather’s warmer”
- aboot-kast sudden change in the direction of the wind
- aboot-gaan variable ☞ “Hid’s a aboot-gaan wind”
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