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1. In the mean time.

2. In the interim.

Specifically used in the Eastern PA region of Lancaster County.
1. You go get changed and I'll make dinner awhile.

2. We're not ready to sell the house yet, but we figured we'd paint and fix it up awhile.
Awhile by Raleigh Theodore Sakers September 9, 2011
Words you can keep
- for a while; notice the "for".
"I couldna slept, and the night wasn't gonna go away awhile"
awhile by SpeedoThreeSixty February 18, 2021
adverb (for) a brief period of time.

correct spelling only when used as an adverb and not in a prepositional phrase. Otherwise, in a prepositional phrase, it is two words. As a noun phrase, it is two words.
Adverb: I will wait awhile for you, but after that I'm out.

Prep Phrase: I will wait for a while, but after that I'm out.

Noun Phrase: A while has gone by since we started this project.
awhile by dictionerd April 9, 2005
A word meaning "For a while." As a general rule, if you could not replace the word with "for a while," you should be using "a while."
Jimmy: I'm going to stay and talk awhile.
Awhile by Limpy Limper April 3, 2010
1. Illiterate spelling of a while.

2. Broken keyboard spelling of a while.
1. gime awhile 2 gt mah krak!11111!1!!111

2. Ineedawhiletogetanewkeyboard.

defile awhile 

To engage in sordid sexual encounters.
Come on, let's strip and defile awhile!
defile awhile by I, Wreckerrr November 20, 2016

after awhile crocodile 

Another way to say good-bye.

Usually used after someone says "See you later alligator".
Friend: See you later alligator!
You: After awhile crocodile!
More from Urban Dictionary
1. Meaning nasty, sexy, filthy. Popularized by Christina Aguilera.

2. Used usally as a close friend in hip-hop slang.
1. Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party Sweat drippin' over my body
Dancin' gettin' just a little naughty

2. Sup Dirrty? Haven't seen you in a while.
dirrty by Minty November 30, 2003
Word of the Day on September 3, 2026

Coyote Ugly

1. Place

The Bar came before the movie. It is an awesome bar where the girls know how to party and make you feel okay about giving up your money, drawers, bras, and dignity.

2. Movie

A story about a Jersey girl following her dreams, aided by working at this bar in New York.

3. Situation/Person/Decision

See other definitions - waking up next to someone so ugly you'd rather chew your arm off than wake them up.
1. Yo, Coyote Ugly is my favorite bar! I got whipped, stripped, drunk, and danced on the bar all before 7 o'clock!

2. Hey did you see Coyote Ugly? It actually has a plot!

3. Ugg I woke up to Coyote Ugly this morning!
Coyote Ugly by jerseycountry March 8, 2009
Word of the Day on September 2, 2026
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