What is the meaning of RECKON. Phrases containing RECKON
See meanings and uses of RECKON!Slangs & AI meanings
Talking about something or someone in a slanderous manner. "I overheard them reckoning up the mayor."
adv believe to be true. It’s still perfectly acceptable in the U.K. to say “I reckon” this, that or the other: We’re going to get a taxi to the airport but Dan reckons we’re still not going to make it. The term is still used in the Southern U.S. but regarded with disdain by snobby northerners who believe it can only be uttered whilst chewing a piece of straw and leaning on a gate.
I reckon! you bet! Absolutely! I reckon that…- I think that…
Reckoning is Dorset slang for wages.
To guess or think. "I reckon that'll do right fine."
A way of saying you dis-belive what someone has just told you, e.g. "I just heard Britany Spears is touring here!" "Whatever you reckon!". It is just another way of saying "Whatever!"
Reckon is slang for to regard as good.
to reckon, the figures so taken; to tally up one’s account
The Navigating Officer, who is often humorously thought to guess certain aspects of his job, such as the reckoning of the ship's position.
estimate, think ‘I reckon it’s worth about 50 bucks.’
The process of determining a vessel's position using only knowledge of a point of departure, vessel's speed, elapsed time and course steered. Originally, dead was spelled "ded" for "deduced".
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The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
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A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day.
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The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary.
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One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning.
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To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc.
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To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again.
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To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.
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A money of account in China, reckoning at about $1.60; also, a weight of about four ounces avoirdupois.
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One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander.
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The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
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A money of account in Persia, whose value varies greatly at different times and places. Its average value may be reckoned at about two and a half dollars.
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To reckon below what is right or proper; to underrate.
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As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon; -- usually reckoned at a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.
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Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom.
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The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper.
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The time which to reckon in making calculations.
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To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
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