(phonics) The vowel sound in the English words cat and rack, usually represented by or . (The presence of a short vowel is sometimes signaled in spelling by the doubling of a consonant after it, such as in batting as contrasted with bating.).
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(linguistics, especially, UK) The vowel sound in the English words grass and castle when pronounced with a near-open front unrounded vowel (); associated with northern England accents.
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