ax

Etymology 2
From, , , from and , showing metathesis from. Ax/aks was common in literary works until about 1600.

Verb

 * 1) * 2006 Sept. 17,, "", , 00:19:01:
 * Wise: Your boy left here a while ago Johnson: I ain' lookin' for him. He at his granmother's. I wanted to ax you somethin'.
 * 1) * 2006 Sept. 17,, "", , 00:19:01:
 * Wise: Your boy left here a while ago Johnson: I ain' lookin' for him. He at his granmother's. I wanted to ax you somethin'.
 * 1) * 2006 Sept. 17,, "", , 00:19:01:
 * Wise: Your boy left here a while ago Johnson: I ain' lookin' for him. He at his granmother's. I wanted to ax you somethin'.
 * 1) * 2006 Sept. 17,, "", , 00:19:01:
 * Wise: Your boy left here a while ago Johnson: I ain' lookin' for him. He at his granmother's. I wanted to ax you somethin'.

Usage notes

 * This and related forms of have been used since  and were long employed in literature and prestige dialects.  used ask, ax, and axe interchangeably. They remain in use in some rural areas of Britain and Appalachia but are now regarded as nonstandard and are primarily associated with AAVE dialects in the US and MLE or West Country dialects in the UK, as well as being in some Irish English dialects, and sometimes in New Zealand, especially among Maori English speakers.

Adverb

 * 1) not

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) ear (of corn)

Etymology 1
From, , from.

Noun

 * 1)  An axe tool
 * 2) An axe weapon

Etymology 2
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)   An axle, axletree, pole

Etymology
Akin to 🇨🇬. Ultimately from.

Contraction

 * 1) Contraction of ' + ' (to the)

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) ear

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) axle
 * 2) axis

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) an ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)