"woulda" meaning in English

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Contraction

IPA: /ˈwʊdə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-woulda.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ʊdə Etymology: Eye dialect form of a reduction of would have. Etymology templates: {{m|en|would have}} would have Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} woulda, {{en-cont}} woulda
  1. (colloquial) Contraction of would have. Wikipedia link: reduction (linguistics) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Alternative form of: would have Derived forms: woulda, coulda, shoulda
    Sense id: en-woulda-en-contraction-ULdAOE-0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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