(UK, _, dialectal, Scotland) A rush; an impetus; a burden, weight, or force.
(UK, _, dialectal, Scotland) A rush; an impetus; a burden, weight, or force.
(UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The force of a moving object or body in motion; violence.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(slang, chiefly, in the plural) A testicle.
(archaic, UK, _, dialectal, Scotland) A counterbalancing weight; counterweight.
An Indian English term for the act or process of weighing goods — standard in logistics, trade, and railway freight contexts across South Asia. Where British English would say 'weighing' or 'the weigh-in', Indian English formalised it into a noun with its own procedural weight (no pun intended). You'll find it on freight receipts, port documents, and commodity contracts throughout India.
(UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A portion or amount; the greatest amount or the greater part of anything; a multitude; a great number or quantity.