Meanings
alternative what-have-you · alternative whathaveyou
- colloquialAny of several additional, unmentioned things.
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.
2000, Jas Obrecht, Rollin' and Tumblin': The Postwar Blues Guitarists, page 3872 more examples
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.
1997, Pete McDonald, Climbing Lessons: Inside Outdoor Education, page 40“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.”
2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 之類的 /之类的, 什麼的 /什么的
- 之類的 /之类的 (zhīlèi de)any of several additional things
- 什麼的 /什么的 (shénmede)any of several additional things
- 等等 (děngděng)any of several additional things
Finnish sen semmoista, jokin
- sen semmoistaany of several additional things
- jokinany of several additional things
French quoi que ce soit, que sais-je encore
- quoi que ce soitany of several additional things
- que sais-je encoreany of several additional things
German was weiß ich, was auch immer
- was weiß ichany of several additional things
- was auch immerany of several additional things
- oder soany of several additional things
- und so weiterany of several additional things
- und, und, undany of several additional things
Icelandic og þvíumlíkt
- og þvíumlíktany of several additional things
Russian и про́чее, и вся́кая вся́чина
- и про́чее (i próčeje)any of several additional things
- и вся́кая вся́чина (i vsjákaja vsjáčina)any of several additional things
Spanish y tal
- y talany of several additional things
Cite this entry
what have you. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what%20have%20you
“what have you.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what%20have%20you. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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