what'd

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wʌd/, /wʌtɪd/, /wʌtəd/
• Rhymes: -ʌd, -ʌtəd

Contraction

what'd

1. (colloquial) Contraction of what did.

   What'd he say to you?

2. (colloquial) Contraction of what would.
   • 1902, George Horton, The Long Straight Road‎^[1], page 348:

     I don't want to get good. What'd my wife say?

   • 1916, David Graham Phillips, The second generation‎^[2], page 229:

     What'd you have said a few months ago, Ranger?

   • 1958, People Will Talk‎^[3], page 39:

     What'd he have done?

   • 2004, Hand in Hand with Tommy‎^[4], page 171:

     What'd the neighbors say if they knew I was actually a Jew?

3. (colloquial) Contraction of what had.
   • 1922, Medical Review of Reviews, Volume 28‎^[5], page 272:

     What'd he done to deserve two blows like that?

   • 1975, Giant Talk‎^[6], page 239:

     What'd she done with her shoes?

   • 2002, Life after Life‎^[7], page 19:

     She was very nice, she smiled, and she said well lots of people were on probation, what'd I done?

See also

• d'ya
• d'y'all
• d'you