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what's cooking

what's cooking interjection: a greeting, similar to how are you?; what's happening?; what's up?; what's new?

Interjection

  1. (idiomatic, informal) A greeting, similar to how are you?; what's happening?; what's up?; what's new?
    • Hi there babe, what's cooking?
    • What's cooking, good-looking?
  2. (idiomatic) Expression of concern, asking for an explanation, similar to what's going on?; what's the problem?; what gives?

Questions about what's cooking

What does what's cooking mean?
What's cooking means a greeting, similar to how are you?; what's happening?; what's up?; what's new?
What part of speech is what's cooking?
What's cooking is an interjection.

Words near what's cooking in the dictionary

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

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