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whatcha

/ˈwɒtʃə/US/ˈwʌt͡ʃə/

whatcha is the contraction of what.

Meaning of what

Determiner

what

  1. (interrogative) Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
    • What colour are you going to use?
  2. (indirect, interrogative) Which.
    • I wonder what colour he is going to use.
  3. (relative) Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.
    • He seems to have lost what sense he had.
  4. Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
    • This shows what beauty there is in nature.
    1. Used to form exclamations indicating that something is remarkable, in either a good or bad way.
      • What nonsense!

See all 21 meanings of what

Forms of whatcha

alternative formwatcha
alternative formwotcha
alternative formwotcher
alternative formwhatchya
alternative formwhutcha

Origin of whatcha

From what + -cha.

Words formed from whatcha

Phrases with whatcha

Questions about whatcha

What is whatcha the contraction of?
Whatcha is the contraction of what.
How do you pronounce whatcha?
Whatcha is pronounced /ˈwɒtʃə/ (UK).

Words near whatcha in the dictionary

  1. whataboutisms
  2. whataboutist
  3. whataboutists
  4. whatabouts
  5. whatagwan
  6. whatcha
  7. whatcha know good
  8. whatchacallem
  9. whatchacallems
  10. whatchacallit
  11. whatchacallits

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