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what's with

what's with phrase: what is wrong with.

Phrase

what's with ...?

  1. (colloquial, rhetoric, sometimes) What is wrong with.
    • What's with Jim lately? He always has a frown on his face.
  2. (colloquial, rhetoric, sometimes) What is the reason for.
    • What's with all the presents? Are you having a birthday party?
    • Oy! You! With the mustache! What's wif the stink-eye, eh? You got somethin' to say?2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport

Questions about what's with

What does what's with mean?
What's with means what is wrong with.
What part of speech is what's with?
What's with is a phrase.

Words near what's with in the dictionary

  1. what's up
  2. what's up doc
  3. what's up with
  4. what's up, doc
  5. what's what
  6. what's with
  7. what's worse
  8. what's yer poison
  9. what's your game
  10. what's your job
  11. what's your name

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