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Definition of what's up
what's up
interjection
- a greeting. Synonymous "What's going on?", "How are you?", etc.
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Citation from "Compassion", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 9 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: hello and other greetings.
Last edited on Apr 02 2013. Submitted by Maya A. from Redding, CT, USA on Jan 23 1998.
- "What's going on?" not as a greeting, but as an inquiry into recent happenings.
Citation from "Good Cop Bad Dog", Modern Family (TV) , Season 2 Episode 22 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Doubt", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 11 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
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- Alternate pronunciations/spellings include what up, waddup, whassup, whazzup, whazup, and sup.
Last edited on Feb 18 2014. Submitted by Maya A. from Redding, CT, USA on Jan 23 1998.
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Other terms relating to 'hello and other greetings': | |
| Definitions include: a shortened form of "what's up". | |
| Definitions include: "What's happening?" | |
| Definitions include: a greeting or means of asking a person what is new in their life. | |
| Definitions include: "How's your mom and them". | |
| Definitions include: variant of "What's up". | |
| Definitions include: "What's going on?" | |
| Definitions include: in support of. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting, similar to the likes of "What's up?" | |
| Definitions include: "How are you?" | |
| Definitions include: used to get someone's attention. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting; "what's the deal?"; "what's going on?". | |
| Definitions include: a greeting similar in form to "What's up?" or "What's crackin'?", but more related to new trends on the Internet. | |
| Definitions include: "How is it?" | |
| Definitions include: "what's up". | |
| Definitions include: a greeting. | |
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Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: stupid. | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
Other terms relating to 'what's': | |
| Definitions include: a shortened form of "what's up". | |
| Definitions include: a combination of the word 'sup and the word b. | |
| Definitions include: what's up bud of friend. | |
| Definitions include: it means: what is up? how are you? | |
| Definitions include: an emphatic acknowledgement. | |
| Definitions include: "what's up". | |
| Definitions include: "what's up". | |
| Definitions include: variant of "What's up". | |
| Definitions include: a greeting similar in form to "What's up?" or "What's crackin'?", but more related to new trends on the Internet. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting. | |
| Definitions include: "What's cracking?" i.e. "What's happening?" | |
| Definitions include: a greeting, synonymous with greetings such as "What's going on?" | |
| Definitions include: "What's happening?" | |
| Definitions include: what's up or what's happening. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting, synonymous with "What's up?". | |
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