• Whaddaya

    Pronunciation

    • US IPA: /ˈwÊŒdÉ™jÉ™/

    Full definition of whaddaya

    Contraction

    1. Eye dialect of what do
      • 1925 February 28, The New Yorker, page 23,Whaddaya mean, stop nagging or I won't get any tinted stockings for Christmas?The preceding citation is incorrect: I checked microfilm.
      • 1969, Robert Coovert, Pricksongs & Descants: Fictions, 2000 Grove Press ed., ISBN 0802136672, page 224,"Aspirin? Whaddaya want aspirin for, Harry?..."
      • 2007, Kemble Scott, Soma, Kensington Books, ISBN 0758215495, page 23,"Whaddaya mean twelve bucks? The sign says seven!"
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