WHATNOT


Meaning of WHATNOT in English

People sometimes say ‘and ~’ or ‘or ~’ after mentioning one or more things, to refer in a vague way to other things which are similar. (INFORMAL, SPOKEN)

The women were there in their jeans and T-shirts and overalls and ~...

The council can send messages or letters or ~ in Spanish to their constituents.

= whatever

PHRASE: cl/group PHR vagueness

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .