Synonyms for ort

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awrt

Phonetic Transcription : ɔrt

Top 10 synonyms for ort

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Définition of ort

Origin : "remains of food left from a meal," mid-15c., probably cognate with early Dutch ooraete, Low German ort, from or-, privative prefix, + etan "to eat" (see eat (v.)). Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word.

noun bit

Example sentences :

I'd ort to shoot yo' daid right wher' yo' at—an' mebbe I will.
Extract from : « The Gold Girl » by James B. Hendryx

They ain't finished as they ort to be, and I would not wear 'em.
Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor » by Various

It helps to make me fergit what I was and to brace up an' be what I ort.
Extract from : « Motor Matt; or, The King of the Wheel » by Stanley R. Matthews

"Well, they ort to, that's all I got to say," said Aunt Pilcher doubtfully.
Extract from : « The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867. » by E. Rameur

I don't run no 'dollar you got, dollar you didn't get, an' dollar you ort to got' outfit.
Extract from : « Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps » by James B. Hendryx

They hain't no better than men, but they ort to have their rights all the same.
Extract from : « Samantha on the Woman Question » by Marietta Holley

Ben had ort to been the only son of a tenderhearted widow lady of means.
Extract from : « Ewing\'s Lady » by Harry Leon Wilson

Don't you think we ort to let the rest know what we're expectin' to do?
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts in the Rockies » by Herbert Carter

I think you ort to take a troop, at the least, King, and a cannon—maybe two.
Extract from : « The Rustler of Wind River » by G. W. Ogden

I knew that I ort not to think on it, but it would come onbid.
Extract from : « Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife » by Marietta Holley

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