"wud" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more wud [comparative], most wud [superlative]
Etymology: Variant of standard English wood, from Old English wōd (“mad, insane”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|wōd||mad, insane}} Old English wōd (“mad, insane”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} wud (comparative more wud, superlative most wud)
  1. (dialectal) Mad. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-wud-en-adj-S5FYl0F- Categories (other): English 3-letter words, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English 3-letter words: 24 40 36 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 31 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 38 33 10 5 1 3 1 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 36 14 3 1 2 1 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} wud
  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of what('re) you doing (“what are you doing”). Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: what('re) you doing (extra: what are you doing) Synonyms: wyd
    Sense id: en-wud-en-phrase-AeY2WboT Categories (other): English 3-letter words, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English 3-letter words: 24 40 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 36 14 3 1 2 1 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wud
  1. (nonstandard, informal) Alternative form of would Tags: alt-of, alternative, informal, nonstandard Alternative form of: would
    Sense id: en-wud-en-verb-GdhJXt1a Categories (other): English 3-letter words Disambiguation of English 3-letter words: 24 40 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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