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Definition of ain't short form from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

ain't

short form

NAmE//eɪnt//

(non-standard or humorous)

1am not/is not/are not Things ain't what they used to be.

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2has not/have not I ain't got no money. You ain't seen nothing yet!

Idioms

if it ain't broke, don't fix it (informal)

used to say that if something works well enough, it should not be changed

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