contraction, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An utterance of the word dunno.

Contraction

1. 1
   Pronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know. alt-of, contraction, informal, pronunciation-spelling

   "I dunno the answers to any of those questions, and you dunno and he dunno either."

Synonyms

All synonyms

no ideano idea

Example

More examples

"I dunno if it's a bug or what, but this software doesn't work right."

Etymology

Written form of an informal pronunciation of don't know that is a reduction of do not know or does not know.

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