where's

[ wairz, hwairz ]

1. contraction of where is:

   Where's my belt?

2. contraction of where has: Where's he been all night?
3. contraction of where does:

   Where's he study law?

Usage Note

See contraction.

Example Sentences

One read: “db cooper was a great man... the wheres waldo bandit will be better... se ya gys in seattle next (sic).”

From The Daily Beast

And many wheres there is needs for me to go to tell the plant-folk all about this being the day of his borning.

From Project Gutenberg

No, honey; folks says he don' nevah go no-wheres by hisse'f. Always got that thah young man wif 'im what he raise from de daid.

From Project Gutenberg

Wheres that big bottle Baggs keeps on the upper shelf, generally behind a bundle of yarn?

From Project Gutenberg

They wuz jewlarkers thar frum ever'wheres, an' they lookt like they wuz too brazen to live skacely.

From Project Gutenberg

I say, Newton, he addressed Frank with friendly familiarity, wheres the best place to put up till the professor reports himself?

From Project Gutenberg