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whatcha

contraction
/ˈwɒtʃə/UK/ˈwʌt͡ʃə/US

Etymology

From what + -cha.

  1. inherited from *kʷód✻
  2. inherited from *hwat✻
  3. inherited from *hwat✻
  4. inherited from hwæt
  5. inherited from what
  6. suffixed as whatcha — “what + cha”

Definitions

  1. Contraction of what + are + you.

    • Whatcha doin'?
    • Whatcha talking 'bout?
    • Whatcha sayin'?

  2. Contraction of what + have + you.

    • Whatcha been up to?

  3. Contraction of what + do + you.

    • Whatcha think?
    • Whatcha got there?
    • Whatcha wanna do now?
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Contraction of what + you.

      • Do whatcha gotta do!
      • 'Tain't whatcha do, it's the way thatcha do it.
      • If you’re lookin’ but not seein’, here’s whatcha do

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for whatcha. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA