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naw

naw

9.9
At this moment
  • adverb
  • /nɔ/
  • UK
translation icon : ahora
  • We're starting the movie naw, so grab your snacks quickly.

Examples

  • If you want to join us, you need to leave naw or you'll be late.

  • She told her brother to come inside naw because dinner was ready.

  • I need to finish this naw!

  • Can you help me naw?

  • We're starting the movie naw, so grab your snacks quickly.

  • She told her brother to come inside naw because dinner was ready.

  • If you want to join us, you need to leave naw or you'll be late.

Synonyms

now
vsnaw
  • Literature
6.5

Used in stories to tell past events as if happening now

is a spelling variant used simply for current time or immediacy
noo
vsnaw
  • UK
9.9

At this moment

is a dialectal spelling used in writing rather than a regional spoken form
RN
vsnaw
  • Slang
9.9

An informal written short form meaning right now

is a spelling variant that shows immediacy without the added intensifier

Surface Forms

naw positive

Etymology

Naw is a dialect spelling of now that shows how some people say 'now' in casual speech. So naw means 'at the present moment' or 'immediately'.