"whuss" meaning in All languages combined

See whuss on Wiktionary

Contraction [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|contractions}} whuss
  1. Pronunciation spelling of what's, representing African-American Vernacular English. Tags: alt-of, contraction, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: what's, representing African-American Vernacular English
    Sense id: en-whuss-en-contraction-hKP~34GS Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} whuss
  1. Misspelling of wuss. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: wuss
    Sense id: en-whuss-en-noun-DCXnwGH0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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