afters
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.23 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped.
British usage; Informal; Uncountable
noun
plural of after
Example Sentences
- "What are we having for afters, Mum? I really want ice cream."
- "To keep costs down at our wedding, we only had family at the banquet, but invited all our friends to the afters."
- "42-2: From the other end Strauss has a bit of afters with Morne Morkel after yet another bouncer raps him on the gloves."
- "Clarke was dismissed in the sixty-seventh minute ... for overly enthusiastic afters with one of the Wexford players."
- "The lights flashed when the landlord shouted, “Last round of drinks before bar closes. Here^([sic]) me folks, no 'Afters' tonight mates!”"
- "It was an afters pub, which meant it closed at 11 p.m., doors bolted, but with us all inside."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after English -s English afters From after + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Usage
- British usage
- Informal
- Uncountable