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ain't (ānt)

  1. Informal am not
  2. : a dialectal or nonstandard usage
    1. is not or are not
    2. has not or have not

Etymology: early assimilation, with lengthened and raised vowel, of amn't, contr. of am not; later confused with a'nt (are not), i'nt (is not), ha'nt (has not, have not)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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