Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

what have you

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.15 in modern English

Syllables: what have y-ou
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Any of several additional, unmentioned things.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"He also had a room strewn with the toys of the trade and what-have-you: ropes and ironmongery, buoyancy aid and bagpipes, fetid socks and half-eaten haggises, dumbbells and ski-instructor sweaters."
"So you might not have a million-seller every time, 'cause you're not movin' around and what have you, but at least you'll have a good track record."
"“Like I said on the televisual apparatus, every homeless person has a story to tell,” said Mr. Stink. “That’s mine. I am sorry it didn’t involve spies or pirates or what have you. Real life isn’t like that, I’m afraid. And I didn’t mean to upset you.”"

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

what-have-you (alternative) whathaveyou (alternative)

Phrases

and so on et cetera such-and-such you name it

Frequently Paired Words

whatnot and so on et cetera such-and-such suchlike you name it

Questions

What does what have you mean?: Any of several additional, unmentioned things.

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