woulda en · X
Pronunciation
- /ˈwʊdə/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Eye dialect form of a reduction of would have.
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction) Contraction of would + have.
alt of would
ETHAN: Why didn't you call me, silly? I woulda come for ya.
2014, Molly Smith Metzler, Elemeno Pea, →ISBN, page 49:Otherwise I just woulda dunked you instead a bringing you here to my spread.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, →ISBN, page 396:You woulda told him the truth.