is't

/ɪst/

A form of is — Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.

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Meanings

contraction
  1. abbreviationcontractionobsoleteContraction of is + it.

    How now? moodie? / What is't thou canſt demand?

    1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with is't

listassistexisthististfisttwistconsistwristresistdismissedmistinsistpersistfristcystenlistgistdesistgristLisztcoexistbistpiste
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Cite this entry
APA

is't. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/is't

MLA

“is't.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/is't. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “is't,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/is't.

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