verb
Speer
verb
1
A dialect word, mainly Scottish and northern English, meaning to ask or inquire.
"I'll speer him about the job on Monday."
"She speered around the village but nobody knew where he'd gone."
How to Use Speer
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old-fashioned or regional word meaning to ask someone something.
When to use it
Mostly heard in Scots and older northern English dialects; not used in standard modern English.
Word Forms
speered past tense, Speers plural, speers singular
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Etymology
From Old English spyrian ("to track, inquire"), related to German spüren ("to sense, track down").