messages

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsɪd͡ʒɪz/

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• Hyphenation: mes‧sages

Noun

messages

1. plural of message

Noun

messages pl (plural only)

1. (Ireland, Scotland and Northern England) Shopping, groceries, errands.
   • 1983, Raymond McClean, The road to Bloody Sunday, page 119:

     I was going up the town to buy some messages.

   • 1987, Pulpsmith, volume 6, page 275:

     A South African woman, just married to an Irishman and newly arrived in this country, was shocked when her husband told her, "I just saw yer man in the shop when I was getting the messages (groceries)." "My what?" "Yer man. […] "

   • 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage, published 2015, page 9:

     A woman with a well-to-do south voice told me to wash my soily hands before touching her messages.

Usage notes

• Often used in the phrase do the messages.

Verb

messages

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of message

French

Noun

messages m

1. plural of message

Scots

Noun

messages

1. plural of message
2. (plural only) shopping

   A'm jist awa for ma messages. = I'm just off to get some shopping.