thru
- adposition
- /θru/
- Informal
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- Thru that corridor that's leading to the engine room.
She spelled through as if it was drive through like THRU, which was kind of kind of gangster.
- She spelled through as if it was drive through like THRU, which was kind of kind of gangster.
Examples
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She spelled through as if it was drive through like THRU, which was kind of kind of gangster.
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Drive-Thru Girl: Smile, you're at Mr. Smiley's, that'll be four eighty-nine, please.
Fiction book (1999) -
You can go thru the gate to reach the playground.
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The cars waited in line to get thru the drive-thru window.
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We walked thru the tunnel to the other side of the mountain.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
From one side of something to the other by going inside it
648
1.0
By using a particular route, place, or method
72
2.9
To reach a place or result through something else
1
9.9
From one side of a place to the other, like a path
An old poetic spelling used in writing for the word meaning moving from one side to the other
Compounds
- US
23
2.5
A place, like a restaurant or bank, where you buy things without leaving your car
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thru is a simple, informal spelling of through, which comes from an old English word thurh meaning 'through' or 'from one side to the other'. The short spelling became common on signs and in phrases like 'drive-thru' because it is quicker to read, so thru is used to show movement across a place.