what'd

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wʌd/, /wʌtɪd/, /wʌtəd/
Rhymes: -ʌd, -ʌtəd

Contraction

what'd

(colloquial) Contraction of what did.
What'd he say to you?
(colloquial) Contraction of what would.
- 1902, George Horton, The Long Straight Road‎, page 348:
  I don't want to get good. What'd my wife say?
- 1916, David Graham Phillips, The second generation‎, page 229:
  What'd you have said a few months ago, Ranger?
- 1958, People Will Talk‎, page 39:
  What'd he have done?
- 2004, Hand in Hand with Tommy‎, page 171:
  What'd the neighbors say if they knew I was actually a Jew?
(colloquial) Contraction of what had.
- 1922, Medical Review of Reviews, Volume 28‎, page 272:
  What'd he done to deserve two blows like that?
- 1975, Giant Talk‎, page 239:
  What'd she done with her shoes?
- 2002, Life after Life‎, page 19:
  She was very nice, she smiled, and she said well lots of people were on probation, what'd I done?

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