Dictionary

whom're en · X

Pronunciation

• /ˈʍuːməɹ/ (US)
• hwo͞oʹmə (Received-Pronunciation)
• hwo͞oʹmr (US)
• /ˈʍuː.mə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

whom + ’re (“are”)

Meanings

1. (contraction, informal, interrogative) whom are
   • ‘Whom’re you trying to fool?’ I said. ‘Whom? I see through you just like the people on all the other worlds do! I know you know what a mumbo-jumbo your United Churches are. I know you know the way of life you sing of through your nose so much isn’t what you claim it is. I know your Eldest Bright and his gang of narrow-minded old men are just a gang of world-hungry tyrants that don’t give a damn for religion or anything as long as they get what they want. I know you know it — and I’m going to make you admit it!’ 1975, Gordon Rupert Dickson, Soldier, Ask Not, Sphere, page 188:
   • “Whom’re you playing this week?” Ernest said. “Georgetown.” 1939, Irwin Shaw, Sailor off the Bremen, page 9? 〃, 〃:
   • “Whom’re you calling?” Tony asked. “Your mother.” 1956, Irwin Shaw, Lucy Crown, page 296 ^〃 (third edition; Random House)
   • Hector clapped his hands loudly and looked around the room. “Whom’re you applauding?” Molly asked naively. “Applauding? Oh — oh — ” Hector began to laugh and the others at the table joined him. “That’s the way we summon waiters and servants here,” he explained. 1943, Estelle Schrott, Heaven is for the Angels, Appleton-Century, page 65:
   • Rohan Batra threw back his head and guffawed. “What is this?” he bellowed, “jungle thrills for tourists? First you show us a herd of tame elephants, then you get all spooky about a puddle of dirty water. And finally you weave a tale around a harmless forest guard standing in a fire-break. Come off it! Whom’re you trying to fool?” 1978, Hugh Gantzer, Flashpoint!, Vikas, →ISBN, page 69, →ISBN:
   • “Whom’re you talking of? What’s happened?” asked Ion. 1958, Mykhaĭlo Kot︠s︡i︠u︡bynsʹkyĭ, Chrysalis, page 16 ^〃 (Foreign Languages Publishing House)

Forms

Relateds

whom’ll · whom’d · whom’ve · whom’s