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what are you doing

what are you doing phrase: used to ask what the interlocutor is currently doing.

Phrase

what are you doing?

  1. Used to ask what the interlocutor is currently doing.
    • Anna! Hi! What’re you doing?2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  2. Used to tell the interlocutor to stop what they are currently doing.
    • All of a sudden, he pulled her arm down towards his crotch and began humping it. "Ahh! My God! What are you doing? Stop that! Stop that!"2009, Stephen Goldfinger, The Comedian and the Urologist's Daughter, page 135

what are you doing meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Arabic

what are you doing in Hindi

what are you doing
आप क्या कर रहे हैं? āp kyā kar rahe ha͠i?, तुम क्या कर रहे हो? tum kyā kar rahe ho?

what are you doing in Urdu

what are you doing
آپ کْیا کَر رَہے ہَیں؟ āp kyā kar rahe ha͠i?, تُم کْیا کَر رَہے ہو؟ tum kyā kar rahe ho?

what are you doing in Telugu

what are you doing
నీవు ఏమి చేస్తున్నావు nīvu ēmi cēstunnāvu

what are you doing in Arabic

what are you doing
مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ māḏā tafʕalu?, مَاذَا تَفْعَلِينَ؟ māḏā tafʕalīna?, مَاذَا تَعْمَلُ؟ māḏā taʕmalu?, مَاذَا تَعْمَلِينَ؟ māḏā taʕmalīna?
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what are you doing in Thai
ทำอะไร tam-à-rai, ทำอะไรอยู่ tam-à-rai-yùu

Synonyms of what are you doing

  • what are you up to?
  • whatcha doin'?

Questions about what are you doing

What does what are you doing mean?
What are you doing means used to ask what the interlocutor is currently doing.
What is what are you doing in Hindi?
What are you doing in Hindi is आप क्या कर रहे हैं? (āp kyā kar rahe ha͠i?), तुम क्या कर रहे हो? (tum kyā kar rahe ho?). See What are you doing meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is what are you doing?
What are you doing is a phrase.

Words near what are you doing in the dictionary

  1. what am I bid
  2. what am I looking at
  3. what am I, chopped liver
  4. what are friends for
  5. what are the odds
  6. what are you doing
  7. what are you like
  8. what are you looking at
  9. what are you smoking
  10. what are you waiting for
  11. what are your pronouns

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