Agin
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ə.ˈɡɪn/
- Rhymes: -ɪn
- Hyphenation: a + gin
Origin
From Scots agin, variant form of again ("against").
Full definition of agin
Adverb
agin
- (colloquial or now often humorous) Alternative form of again
- 1859, Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities", in All the Year Round, vol. 1, p. 98:
- At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation : “Bust me, if she ain't at it agin !â€
Preposition
- (colloquial or now often humorous) Alternative form of against
- 1859, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 19, p. 278:
- Court said: "Young man, this ere Court is satisfied that there ain't nothin' in the laws of Vermont agin tippin' over a churn full of sap. ... But I want ye should remember one thing—that this ere Court has made up his mind that it's a very naughty trick, and it's a shame that there's so many maple-trees in the State, and no law agin tippin' over sap."