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what's bracking

what's bracking interjection: what's going on? What's up?

Interjection

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) What's going on? What's up?
    • "What's brackin Blood? Leuders Park Bompton Piru nigga." I ain't know what any of that meant, but I knew it wasn't cool.2016, Mr Joe McClain Jr, A Black Man Has 9 Lives, Uprock Publications, →ISBN, page 25
    • "What's brackin blood?" A deep baritone voice flowed through the speaker. Loud laughs and music could be heard in the background. "You stopping by the party or what? It's a gang of bitches here asking about you. I don't know how long I can hold my boys off. You know these niggas love crackin new...2019, Genesis Woods, Diamond Mafia: How a Good Girl Set It Off, Blake Karrington Presents, →ISBN, page 189

Origin of what's bracking

From what's cracking, with the initial "C" in cracking replaced with "B" in Blood slang.

Questions about what's bracking

What does what's bracking mean?
What's bracking means what's going on? What's up?
What part of speech is what's bracking?
What's bracking is an interjection.

Words near what's bracking in the dictionary

  1. what'd
  2. what'll
  3. what'm
  4. what're
  5. what's
  6. what's bracking
  7. what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh
  8. what's cooking
  9. what's crackin'
  10. what's cracking
  11. what's crappenin'

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