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Definition of "y'all" []

  • Chiefly Southern U.S. Variant of you-all. See Regional Note at you-all. (pronoun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "y'all" in a sentence
  • "Now, despite my nigh-on bilingual skills, I'm going to be honest with you and admit that my knowledge of country music pretty much begins and ends with the word y'all."
  • "Friday Night Lights fans, be warned: Britton's supportive, "y'all"-spouting housewife does not live here."
  • ""All y'all" - that just warms the cockles of my eastern elitist heart."