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a'n't

/ænt/

a'n't is the alternative spelling of ain't.

Meaning of ain't

Verb

ain't

  1. (dialectal, informal, nonstandard) Am not.
    • I ain’t ready yet; gimme a sec.
    Synonyms:
    amn't, an't
  2. (dialectal, informal, nonstandard) Are not, aren’t; is not, isn’t.
    • That ain't right.
  3. (dialectal, informal, nonstandard) Have not, haven’t; has not, hasn’t, when used as an auxiliary.
    • 'Okay, okay. Keep yo shirt on. Ah ain't done nuthen wrong.'1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 124
    Synonyms:
    hain't, han't
  4. (dialectal, informal, nonstandard) Don’t, doesn’t.
    • Well, I ain’t wanna do that though.
  5. (dialectal, informal, nonstandard) Didn’t.
    • I ain’t go into the bathroom last night that late.

Questions about a'n't

What is a'n't the alternative spelling of?
A'n't is the alternative spelling of ain't.
How do you pronounce a'n't?
A'n't is pronounced /ænt/.

Words near a'n't in the dictionary

  1. A'aninin
  2. A'asia
  3. A'bad
  4. A'ertai
  5. a'ight
  6. a'n't
  7. A'ou
  8. a'right
  9. a's
  10. A'tong
  11. a(n)

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Adapted from Wiktionary: a'n't (page history and authors); ain't (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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