is it

/(ˈ)ɪz ɪt/

interjection

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see is, it.

“You forgot, is it?”

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Meanings

interjection

alternative Singapore issit · alternative South Africa izit · alternative izzit

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see is, it.

    It’ impossible, or is it?

    1 more example

    - It's ten o'clock already. - Is it?

  2. CanadaIndiaMulticultural London EnglishSouth Africareally? is that so?

    - I'm feeling tired. - Is it?

    2 more examples

    2007, Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, "Thou Shalt Always Kill" on Angles Thou shalt not express your shock at the fact that Sharon got off with Brad at the club last night by saying "is it?"

    'Everyone just calls me Ash.' 'Izzit?' said Hendriks, and he fixed me with his cold grey eyes. Spartan at that time was unusual in that it would only take on ex-army South Africans.

    2011 July 31, James Ashcroft, Making A Killing: The Explosive Story of a Hired Gun in Iraq, Random House, →ISBN, page 80
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alternative Singapore issit · alternative South Africa izit · alternative izzit

  1. MalaysiaSingaporeWalesFinal interrogative particle forming a tag question.

    You forgot, is it?

    3 more examples

    You think you slang-slang a bit I scared, is it? Bloody fool!

    1994, Michael Chiang, Private Parts & Other Play Things, page 242

    "I mean what now - the bet is cancelled but they are both going to ask her, is it?"

    2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 187

    So short-lah, the chopstick. For children is it?

    2012, Tan Twan Eng, chapter 1, in The Garden of Evening Mists, Hachette, →ISBN, page 15

    Synonyms: or not

Synonyms & antonyms

particleFinal interrogative particle forming a tag question.

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APA

is it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/is%20it

MLA

“is it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/is%20it. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “is it,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/is%20it.

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