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that's what's up

that's what's up phrase: used to express acquiescence or concurrence; true; indeed.

Phrase

that's what's up

  1. (slang) Used to express acquiescence or concurrence; true; indeed.
    • I choose this particular terminology because of the frequency with which I heard it used either in describing a person (“she knows what's up”) or as a statement of approval in response to a particular thought or idea that was introduced (“that's what's up”)2009, Anthony Kwame Harrison, Hip Hop Underground: The Integrity and Ethics of Racial Identification, page 112
    • “Dog, I told you the nigga Turtle said he'll be here 'round 6:30. It's only six o'clock, so if the nigga don't show in thirty minutes, we'll just bounce and do the shit ourselves,” Flick said.
      “All right, that's what's up,” Pokey said, taking a seat on the bleachers, watching the basketball game.2013, Tyler Gore, G.A.B.O.S.: Game Ain't Based on Sympathy, page 106
  2. (slang) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see that's, what's up.

Synonyms of that's what's up

Questions about that's what's up

What does that's what's up mean?
That's what's up means used to express acquiescence or concurrence; true; indeed.
What part of speech is that's what's up?
That's what's up is a phrase.

Words near that's what's up in the dictionary

  1. that's wassup
  2. that's what he said
  3. that's what I call
  4. that's what I'm talking about
  5. that's what she said
  6. that's what's up
  7. that's why
  8. that's why they play the game
  9. that's your lot
  10. that's your sort
  11. that've

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