what'd

[ hwuht-id, hwot-, wuht-, wot-; hwuhd, wuhd ]

/ ˈʰwʌt ɪd, ˈʰwɒt-, ˈwʌt-, ˈwɒt-; ʰwʌd, wʌd /

contraction of what did: What'd you say?

usage note for what'd

See contraction.

Her gold hair was all piled up in waves and crinkles and things, with a what-d'-you-call-it of diamonds in it.

My Man Jeeves |P. G. Wodehouse
This tenth day of August, 1760, the wretched Raton gave me the what-d'-you-call-it: reader, beware.

The Memoires of Casanova, Complete |Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
And we'll take the boat too, and if that don't satisfy you then that's the end of the what-d'-you-call it!

Tom Slade with the Boys Over There |Percy K. Fitzhugh
It's the same old vicious circle—and when I say vicious I don't mean a pun, a what-d'-ye-call-'em.

What Maisie Knew |Henry James

She possessed a healthy contempt for that what-d'-ye-call-it that hedges in a king.

The Princess Elopes |Harold MacGrath