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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word hows:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. hows: Merriam-Webster
  2. hows: Collins English Dictionary
  3. How's, Hows, Hows, how's, hows, hows: Wordnik
  4. Hows, how's, hows: Wiktionary
  5. how's: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. how's: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. hows: Dictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hows: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade

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Definitions from Wiktionary (How)

adverb:  (interrogative) To what degree or extent.
adverb:  (interrogative) In what manner:
adverb:  By what means.
adverb:  With overtones of why, for what reason.
adverb:  In any manner in which; in whatever way; however.
adverb:  In what form, shape, measure, quantity, etc.
adverb:  With what meaning or effect.
adverb:  By what title or what name.
adverb:  At what price, for what amount (of money).
adverb:  (interrogative) In what state or condition.
adverb:  (exclamative) Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.
noun:  The means by which something is accomplished.
noun:  (dialectal) An artificial barrow or tumulus; in later folklore, associated with fairies.
noun:  (dialectal) A small hill in northern England.
noun:  (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter H.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Calvin F. How Jr.
noun:  A hamlet in Hayton parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5056).
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