Definition of what's up
what's up 
interjection
- a greeting. Synonymous "What's going on?", "How are you?", etc.
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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.
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- Alternate pronunciations/spellings include what up, waddup, whassup, whazzup, and sup.
Last edited on May 12 2011. 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: to talk or to contact, especially at some later time. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting; "what's the deal?"; "what's going on?". | |
| Definitions include: used to get someone's attention. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting; the first half of a call and response salutation -usually followed by the response "It is what it is." | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent, impressive; "cool"; "awesome". | |
| Definitions include: a greeting / inquiry about a person's well-being or recent activities. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting, similar to the likes of "What's up?" | |
| Definitions include: a friend, usually white. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting, usually between men. | |
| Definitions include: inquiry into one's current well-being. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting, synonymous with greetings such as "What's going on?" | |
| Definitions include: "what's up". | |
| Definitions include: a greeting. Synonymous with "Hey!", "What's up?", etc. | |
| Definitions include: a shortened form of "what's up". | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| 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: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
| Definitions include: a situation that could end in multiple outcomes, each of which is equally likely. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: to call someone to halt, particularly when the intention is to rob. | |
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: Another way to say 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 up? | |
| Definitions include: a greeting, synonymous with greetings such as "What's going on?" | |
| Definitions include: what's up or what's happening. | |
| Definitions include: a greeting, synonymous with "What's up?". | |
| Definitions include: What's up how you doing? Or How are things? | |
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