Meaning of whodunwhat | Babel Free
Definitions
A whodunit in which the nature of the crime is a mystery, as well as the identity of the perpetrator.
Examples
“In Sleuth Anthony Shaffer created the whodunwhat, where not only the identity of the criminal but the nature of the crime — indeed, the reality and reliability of everything we've seen with our own eyes — is part of the mystery.”
“Our narrator reads, rereads, and slowly realizes that ulterior "plots" are afoot; a whodunit develops into several whodunwhats; a murder may or may not have happened, or is yet to happen.”
“"It's not a whodunit — it's a whodunwhat," says Cris Barrish, a local reporter. And few foresaw that Capano's brothers Louis, 47, and Gerard, 36, squeezed by prosecutors and threatened with jail time, would turn on Capano in court […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.