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howzit

howzit interjection: hello; what's up?

Interjection

  1. (Hawaii, South Africa, slang) Hello; what's up?

Origin of howzit

Contraction of how is it? In South Africa, possibly a calque of Flemish Dutch hoe is 't?.

Questions about howzit

What does howzit mean?
Howzit means hello; what's up?
What part of speech is howzit?
Howzit is an interjection.

Words near howzit in the dictionary

  1. howzabout
  2. howzat
  3. howzats
  4. Howze
  5. Howzes
  6. howzit
  7. hox
  8. hox gene
  9. hox genes
  10. hoxed
  11. hoxes

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