Word.ws English Dictionary

was't

/wɒzt/

was't is the contraction of was.

Meaning of was

Verb

was

  1. (colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
    • There was three of them there.

See all 2 meanings of was

Questions about was't

What is was't the contraction of?
Was't is the contraction of was.
How do you pronounce was't?
Was't is pronounced /wɒzt/.

Words near was't in the dictionary

  1. was the worse for drink
  2. was there
  3. was used to
  4. was with
  5. was wrong
  6. was't
  7. was-scepter
  8. was-scepters
  9. was-sceptre
  10. was-sceptres
  11. wasabi

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: was't (page history and authors); was (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “was't.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/was%27t. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.