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what it be

what it be interjection: what's up? What's going on?

Interjection

  1. (uncommon, African-American Vernacular) What's up? What's going on?

Questions about what it be

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

Words near what it be in the dictionary

  1. what is worse
  2. what is your job
  3. what is your name
  4. what is your phone number
  5. what is your problem
  6. what it be
  7. what it do
  8. what it is
  9. what it takes
  10. what kind of music do you like
  11. what languages do you speak

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