kindsa

English

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of "kinds of"

Contraction

kindsa (singular kinda)

1. (colloquial) Contraction of kinds of, plural of kind of.
   • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     Four hour flight & I saw the Rocky Mountains & all kindsa shit from the plane, the view was so clear.

   • 1993, Kent Harrington, A Brother to Dragons, page 151:

     Manny don't sell one kinda pizza, or two kindsa pizzas, or ten kindsa pizzas.

   • 2005, Frank McCourt, Teacher Man, page 78:

     'Cause Johnny has a girlfriend name of Rose and she's a good girl knows all kindsa grammar and she's gonna graduate an' be a secretary in a big company in Manhattan and John don't wanna be no dumb ass trying to marry Rose.

   • 2006, Leinster Murray, Operation Terror, page 58:

     These were natural kindsa waves, pursued the driver. Lightning made them.

See also

• kinda
• sortsa

Anagrams

• Adkins, kindas