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what's

UK/wɒts//wʌts/

what's contraction: what is.

Contraction

what's

  1. (contraction) What is.
    • What’s going on?
  2. (contraction) What has.
    • What’s that got to do with it?
  3. (contraction) What does.
    • What’s that mean?

Words formed from what's

Phrases with what's

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Words that rhyme with what's

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Questions about what's

What does what's mean?
What's means what is.
What part of speech is what's?
What's is a contraction.
How do you pronounce what's?
What's is pronounced /wɒts/ (UK).

Words near what's in the dictionary

  1. what'choo
  2. what'd
  3. what'll
  4. what'm
  5. what're
  6. what's
  7. what's bracking
  8. what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh
  9. what's cooking
  10. what's crackin'
  11. what's cracking

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