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hubba-wha

hubba-wha interjection: used to express disbelief or surprise.

Interjection

  1. Used to express disbelief or surprise.
    • the MAX number of teams at regionals CAN be less than 16? / hubba wha? / whoa......the hits keep coming....2011 May 9, Reggie Fanelli, “11 teams?”, in rec.sport.disc (Usenet)
    • So, imagine our surprise when we heard that local celebrity chef and fancy food slinger Donnie Ferneau was opening up a place called Cathead’s Diner. Hubba wha? The man who’d been behind the food at such trendy, tony places as Ciao Baci, Ferneau’s and the 1836 Club was opening a diner in the East...2018 June 28, “Fine diner”, in Arkansas Times, Little Rock: Arkansas Times Limited Partnership, →ISSN, page 26

Questions about hubba-wha

What does hubba-wha mean?
Hubba-wha means used to express disbelief or surprise.
What part of speech is hubba-wha?
Hubba-wha is an interjection.

Words near hubba-wha in the dictionary

  1. Hubang
  2. Hubay
  3. hubba
  4. hubba hubba
  5. hubba-hubba
  6. hubba-wha
  7. Hubback
  8. Hubballi
  9. Hubbard
  10. Hubbard County
  11. Hubbard Glacier

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