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do what

do what interjection: an intensified version of what? or huh?, expressing surprise or lack of comprehension.

Interjection

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) An intensified version of what? or huh?, expressing surprise or lack of comprehension
    • "The throbulator is connected via the tertiary wiring loom."' — "Do what??"

Questions about do what

What does do what mean?
Do what means an intensified version of what? or huh?, expressing surprise or lack of comprehension.
What part of speech is do what?
Do what is an interjection.

Words near do what in the dictionary

  1. do violence to
  2. do want
  3. do well
  4. do well by doing good
  5. do well for oneself
  6. do what
  7. do what I say, not what I do
  8. do what it says on the tin
  9. do what one does
  10. do what you will
  11. do with

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