Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- preposition Until.
- conjunction Until.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A simplified spelling of
till . - An old spelling of
till . - noun The sesame, or its seed. Also
teel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- preposition obsolete See
till .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- conjunction nonstandard
until ,till - preposition nonstandard
until ,till - preposition archaic ~ to: as far as; down to; up to, until
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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"We won't be back, 'til it's over, over there ..." yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = '"We won\'t be back, \'til it\'s over, over there ..."'
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"If you thought George Bush was bad when it comes to the use of military force, wait 'til you see John McCain." yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = '"If you thought George Bush was bad when it comes to the use of military force, wait \'til you see John McCain."'
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Shop 'til you drop yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Shop \'til you drop '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: Of football, shopping, stuffing and the dutiful turkeys who line up for the corporate processor. '
Shop 'til you drop 2006
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'til death do us part ... yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' \'til death do us part ... '
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He will serve out the remainder of the term til November.
Seattlest 2009
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Maybe President Obama should just advocate regular bowel movements, and maybe the Repub/baggers would hold it all in til they explode …
Think Progress » Utah state senator wants to create holiday honoring ‘gun pioneer’ on MLK Day. 2010
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The best thing for this country, kick republicans out of office and don't ever vote one in til they understand this is the country of the people and not of big business.
Obama speech to school children: 'You make your own future' 2009
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Rick rack trim from my sewing stash was glued down and held with a clothespin til it dried, and the oval was outlined with tee shirt paint, which is sometimes only about 50c and lasts for a long, long time.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Rick rack trim from my sewing stash was glued down and held with a clothespin til it dried, and the oval was outlined with tee shirt paint, which is sometimes only about 50c and lasts for a long, long time.
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Maybe President Obama should just advocate regular bowel movements, and maybe the Repub/baggers would hold it all in til they explode …
Think Progress » Utah state senator wants to create holiday honoring ‘gun pioneer’ on MLK Day. 2010
oroboros commented on the word til
name for the sesame plant; also 'teel'
December 14, 2006
oroboros commented on the word til
Lit in reverse.
November 3, 2007