woulda

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US/ˈwʊdə/

A form of would — Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.

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Meanings

contraction
  1. abbreviationcolloquialcontractionContraction of would + have.

    You woulda told him the truth.

    2 more examples

    Otherwise I just woulda dunked you instead a bringing you here to my spread.

    1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, →ISBN, page 396

    ETHAN: Why didn't you call me, silly? I woulda come for ya.

    2014, Molly Smith Metzler, Elemeno Pea, →ISBN, page 49

Origin

Eye dialect form of a reduction of would have.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with woulda

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Cite this entry
APA

woulda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woulda

MLA

“woulda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woulda. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woulda,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woulda.

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