laws

See also: LAWS, LAWs, and Laws

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔːz/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /lɑz/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔːz

Noun

laws

1. plural of law
2. (US, slang, street slang, uncommon) The police.
3. (possibly dated) A minced oath for Lord.
   • 1841, John Frail, The Lost Letter, Or, The Confessions of Conscience: A Dramatic Sketch, page 27:

     Laws, bless us, who'd have thought it!

   • 1896, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe: With Biographical Introductions, Portraits, and Other Illustrations, page 81:

     Laws bless my soul, my dear little lamb! what's the matter?

Related terms

• laws-a-mercy

Verb

laws

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of law

Anagrams

• slaw, awls, Wals, WASL, lwas