siree

siree
noun see sirree

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • siree — [sə rē′] interj. alt. sp. of SIRREE …   English World dictionary

  • siree — sir|ee [ sɜr i ] noun AMERICAN yes/no siree (Bob) SPOKEN used for emphasizing what you are saying: I d never do that again, no siree …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • siree — UK [sɜːrˈiː] / US [sɜrˈɪ] noun American yes/no siree (Bob) spoken used for emphasizing what you are saying I d never do that again, no siree …   English dictionary

  • siree — interj. (Informal) sir (term used to emphasis after the words yes or no as in Yes Siree ) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • siree — /sɜˈri/ (say ser ree), /səˈri/ (say suh ree) phrase yes siree, Colloquial yes indeed …  

  • siree —    An emphatic form of ‘sir’, used mainly in North America, usually following the words ‘yes’ and ‘no’. Although the ‘sir’ in expressions like ‘Yes sirree’, as it is sometimes written, or ‘No sirree’, was clearly of a vocative nature to begin… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • siree — variant of sirree * * * siree var. sirree …   Useful english dictionary

  • siree — /seuh ree /, n. (sometimes cap.) sirree. * * * …   Universalium

  • siree — noun Sir. Used as an intensifier, emphatically, after yes or no …   Wiktionary

  • siree — [sɪ ri:] (also sirree) exclamation N. Amer. informal sir (used for emphasis, especially after yes and no). Origin C19: from sir + the emphatic suffix ee …   English new terms dictionary

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