Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation especially
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word esp..
Examples
-
EB … um yea "JAP" is a condecsending term esp. when colie actually isn't is one. she wishes that she bought her clothes retail and might pretend that she does but of us all East Brunswick girls know we can find colie at loehmanns, tj. maxx, target or marshalls anyday … and there is def. nothing wrong with those stores. just quit pretending colie you'll never be the
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local new years eve san francisco 2010 2009
-
– noun 1. an uneducated white farm laborer, esp. from the South.
What Defines A Redneck? Part 2 Lauren Thomas 2010
-
So I don’t see what damage would be done with more replays in esp. baseball.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Jonathan Adler Gets It Wrong, and Soccer Gets It Right: 2010
-
The parents need to be involved in their children’s lives, not only, however, esp. from the very start. teresa, ohio
-
We are very bored with the use of "esp.," which begins to emerge in every definition and raises not a few suspicions as to the definers 'abilities to be specific.
-
We think that conceal would be more accurate than disguise, we don't like the two "esp." usages, and a better word, which we cannot think of right now, could be used in place of "routing." stonewall 1.
-
If it is an inherent characteristic of eight-track cartridges to contain tapes with eight tracks on them (which one would assume), then what in Heaven's name is the "esp." doing there?
-
Deficiency judgments are rare in many localities, esp. if a judge signs off on them.
What to expect from D.C.-area housing market this spring 2011
-
Deficiency judgments are rare in many localities, esp. if a judge signs off on them.
What to expect from D.C.-area housing market this spring 2011
-
The militarism theme is developed at length in Jackson Lears, Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877–1920 New York: Harper, 2009, esp. introduction and chap.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
bedraggled commented on the word esp.
especially
January 19, 2008