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what-what

what-what interjection: used to add emphasis to, and to seek agreement with, a previous statement.

Interjection

  1. (UK, dated) Used to add emphasis to, and to seek agreement with, a previous statement.

Questions about what-what

What does what-what mean?
What-what means used to add emphasis to, and to seek agreement with, a previous statement.
What part of speech is what-what?
What-what is an interjection.

Words near what-what in the dictionary

  1. what-not
  2. what-not shop
  3. what-not shops
  4. what-so-ever
  5. what-the-butler-saw
  6. what-what
  7. what-you-call-it
  8. what-you-call-its
  9. what-you-may-call-it
  10. what-you-may-call-its
  11. what-you-see-is-what-you-get

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