"whatcha" meaning in English

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Contraction

IPA: /ˈwɒtʃə/ [UK], /ˈwɒtʃjə/ [UK], /ˈwʌt͡ʃə/ [US], /ˈwʌt͡ʃjə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whatcha.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɒtʃə, (US) -ʌtʃə Etymology: From what + -cha. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|what|cha}} what + -cha Head templates: {{head|en|contraction}} whatcha
  1. (colloquial) Contraction of what are you. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Alternative form of: what are you
    Sense id: en-whatcha-en-contraction-6gMAhFZC
  2. (colloquial) Contraction of what have you. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Alternative form of: what have you
    Sense id: en-whatcha-en-contraction-49i-PFo~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cha Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 89 3 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cha: 5 85 5 5
  3. (colloquial) Contraction of what do you. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Alternative form of: what do you
    Sense id: en-whatcha-en-contraction-0iqYszWJ
  4. (colloquial) Contraction of what you. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Alternative form of: what you
    Sense id: en-whatcha-en-contraction-5aw-FDyi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: watcha, wotcha, wotcher, whatchya, whutcha

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for whatcha meaning in English (3.4kB)

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