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Who's

//huːz// contraction, det, slang

Definitions

Contraction
  1. 1
    Who is. contraction

    "Who’s that in my bed?"

  2. 2
    Who has. contraction

    "Who’s been sleeping in my bed?"

  3. 3
    Who (whom) does colloquial, contraction

    "“Who’s he want to fight?” Martin asked, and the man said: “I’ve heard him twice. He wants to kick the Indians out of Texas. He wants to fight Santy Anny and whip him proper. And he wants us to take Santy Fay”."

Determiner
  1. 1
    Misspelling of whose. alt-of, misspelling

Etymology

Etymology 1

Contractions; who + 's.

Etymology 2

From who + -'s (possessive marker).

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