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sharp-sharp

sharp-sharp interjection: a greeting: hello; hi; goodbye.

Interjection

(South Africa, colloquial)

  1. (South Africa, colloquial) A greeting: hello; hi; goodbye.
    • A cellphone rang and he scrabbled for it with clumsy fingers, his eyes already a bit glassy. "Sharp-sharp, my bru," he answered.2014, Maya Fowler & Isobel Dixon (translation of Karin Brynard's Plaasmoord), Weeping Waters, page 636
  2. (South Africa, colloquial) Fine, all right.

Forms of sharp-sharp

alternative formshap
alternative formshap-shap
alternative formshup
alternative formshup-shup
alternative formsharp

Origin of sharp-sharp

From Tsotsitaal.

Questions about sharp-sharp

What does sharp-sharp mean?
Sharp-sharp means a greeting: hello; hi; goodbye.
What part of speech is sharp-sharp?
Sharp-sharp is an interjection.

Words near sharp-sharp in the dictionary

  1. sharp-eyed
  2. sharp-long
  3. sharp-nosed
  4. sharp-pointed
  5. sharp-set
  6. sharp-sharp
  7. sharp-shinned hawk
  8. sharp-shinned hawks
  9. sharp-shod
  10. sharp-sightedness
  11. sharp-tailed

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