whodunit
[ hoo-duhn-it ]
/ huˈdʌn ɪt /
noun Informal.
a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story.
Nearby words
who's, who's afraid of virginia woolf?, who's who, who-does-what, whoa, whodunit, whodunnit, whoe'er, whoever, whole, whole ball of wax, the
Also especially British, who·dun·nit.
Origin of whodunit
1925–30; jocular formation from question Who done it?, for standard English Who did it?
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British Dictionary definitions for whodunnit
whodunnit
whodunit
/ (huːˈdʌnɪt) /
noun
informal a novel, play, etc, concerned with a crime, usually murder
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