Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

what was that

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.18 in modern English

Syllables
what was that
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

What did you just say? Synonym of say again.

Colloquial

phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what, was, that.

Usage

Inflected Forms

what's that (alternative)

Questions

What does what was that mean?
What did you just say? Synonym of say again.

How to pronounce what was that

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