Contraction of 'should not have'.
Knowing the consequences, you shouldn't've done that.
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you shouldn't've gotten me that ferrari for my 12th birthday.
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Compound contraction of "should not have". Also see wouldn't've and couldn't've.
You shouldn't've said that, now Grandma's really mad!
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A double contraction.
Should Not Have.
Heh, I guess skippy really shouldn't've parked there.
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shouldn't've should not have, shouldn't have is a word invented in Upwey, Victoria, Australia on 15th August 2018 by Jason Veenman following fabricating an axe handle from a canoe oar. The handle broke with the first strike of the splitter axe to the target wood upon which Jason remarked "I shouldn't've bothered. I'm going to buy a proper axe from the hardware store"
I shouldn't've given all my lunch to that homeless man. Now I'm hungry and I done have my wallet.
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A condensed version of the phrase "Should not have"
"I shouldn't've done that.."
Abbreviation for "Should not have" for the people who are too lazy to type the whole thing.
1. I shouldn't've thrown his baby out of the window.