whatcha

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From what +‎ -cha.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɒtʃə/, /ˈwɒtʃjə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈwʌt͡ʃə/, /ˈwʌt͡ʃjə/
  • Rhymes: (UK) -ɒtʃə, (US) -ʌtʃə
  • Homophones: watcher, wotcher (UK, non-rhotic)

Contraction

whatcha

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of what +‎ are +‎ you.
    Whatcha doin'?
    Whatcha talking 'bout?
    Whatcha sayin'?
    • 1986 February 1, Nicholas Deutsch, “7th Annual New York Gay Film Festival”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 28, page 8:
      There were plenty of ostentatiously noisy walkouts during the last half of Eric De Kuyper's Naughty Boys (Netherlands), which is understandable. On the other hand, I loved the film and found it continually fascinating, so whatcha gonna do?
  2. (colloquial) Contraction of what +‎ have +‎ you.
    Whatcha been up to?
  3. (colloquial) Contraction of what +‎ do +‎ you.
    Whatcha think?
    Whatcha got there?
    Whatcha wanna do now?
  4. (colloquial) Contraction of what +‎ you.
    Do whatcha gotta do!
    'Tain't whatcha do, it's the way thatcha do it.
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