wan't
/wɒnt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
contraction
verb
Misspelling of want.
verb
Misspelling of won't.
Example Sentences
- "This lass, Nelly Long, she was dressish and dapper, And, though our Dick was a good looked lad, She snubb'd him, scop'd him, for she was a snapper, And told him quite plumpish—she wan't to be had: […]"
- "2007: “dldege”, Drupal: Can a .theme get the $node it's on?, “Not sure where you are”, the 30ᵗʰ day of January at 7:41pm Not sure where you are wan'ting access to the node."
- "2009: “Gregg B”, rec.games.pinball (Google group): Tech, Pinball pool, the 7ᵗʰ day of May at 3:13pm Not sure if this applies to the factory CPU, but if you're using a Pascal board, I'm pretty sure it wan'ts to see the coils fire as part of the POST."
- "2009: “Edvard Pitka”, nhusers (Google group): How to map Property I don't want setter for., the 8ᵗʰ day of May at 2:45pm You either have persistable attribute in your entity or you don't. […] If you don't wan't to expose it to the outside world you make it private."
- "2009: “Misiosława I Kwiecień”, SU Paris 2009 (Google group): Presentation !, the 23ʳᵈ day of May at 4:58pm If i would be locked for the night in the 3rd floor of Eiffel Tower, it wan't be because i was late but because it was a nice plan for the night and I am not alone so I would have a lot of fun :)"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /wɒnt/