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Yorkshire dialect for "something". Opposite of nowt. Compare to owt.
I went out coz I thought I 'eard sommat, but it weren't owt. It were nowt.
sommat by wotsat January 10, 2009
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Sommat is an abbreviated form of something. If you think about it, something is really hard to write/type/say but it is also hard to find a good abbreviated form for...This is where sommat comes in...It is easy to say, type, and write!
Hey, what's our homework today?
Sommat to do w/ history I think.
sommat by Lmbc2 April 26, 2004
A more flexible colloquialism for the phrase "something like that."
I wonder if people get pissed if you call DMB 'Dave', like the band is your bro or sommat.
Sommat by ApexC September 11, 2011
Phonetic spelling of a common pronunciation of "summertime"
"It is hot in the summatime."
summatime by cabit July 29, 2009

summative 

A word invented by the Toronto District School Board. Commonly used to describe an end of the year assignment, project or in class test. Nobody is sure why this word exists.
Yo man why are you so sad?

Because I have a 2 day chemistry summative

Don't you have an exam?

Yea. . . Why
summative by Mortimer Bennito August 20, 2006
Yorkshire slang for "something."
Can also, more specifically, mean "something like that."
I'm going to go watch TV, or summat.
summat by Jack August 5, 2003
"do you fancy doing somat at the weekend?"
somat by kb_ March 25, 2014
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