whatcha
What are you
Whatcha is a casual contraction of "what are you" or "what do you," used in informal speech: Whatcha doing tonight?
Whatcha got there?
The spelling captures the way these phrases naturally run together in rapid conversation.
It's colloquial and wouldn't appear in formal writing.
Informal greeting or summons
- howdyInformal rural greeting
- hiInformal spoken salutation
- yoCasual interjection for attention
- supInformal hello query
hiya · heya · wassup · whassup · aloha · g'day · salutation · hello
Carrying out an action
need · say · mean · waiting for · looking at · working on · planning · having
whaddya
Contracted "what do you"
hey
Informal greeting or summons
sup · hiya · heya · wassup · whassup · aloha · g'day · salutation · hello · holla
doing
Carrying out an action
want · need · say · mean · waiting for · looking at · working on · planning · having · making
whatchaI beg your pardon
Polite request for repetition
proper English · pardon · pray tell · written English · Queen's English