Do not expect somebody to make a costly commitment if it will give them nothing they do not already have; used especially as a warning against having sexual intercourse before marriage.

(nonstandard) Contraction of why did. / (nonstandard) Contraction of why had. / (nonstandard) Contraction of why would.

(interrogative) Why ever: an emphatic form of why. / (uncommon) For whatever reason. / (uncommon) Regardless of the reason (why).

Any of various black and white African weaverbirds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds.

plural of whydah

(US, dialectal) Contraction of why don't. / (US, dialectal) Contraction of why didn't.

(nonstandard, philosophy) The reason why; the cause or intent.

A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but what were their motives for committing it.

plural of whydunnit

plural of whydunit