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    Patwa headword

    Stretch

    /STRECH/

    Verb
    Gloss
    "Exaggerate"
    Definition
    To exaggerate a story or the truth.
    Example
    "Yuh a stretch di truth now."
    Origin
    English.

    As a conversational term, Stretch is one you'll likely come across in real Jamaican speech. Try the Jamaican Patois translator to see it in a sentence, or head back to the lexicon index for more words like it.