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what up

US/ʍʌt ˈʌp/

what up is the alternative form of what's up.

Meaning of what's up

Phrase

what's up?

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic, with-up) What’s the matter? What is the problem? What is wrong?
    • You're looking a bit miserable. What's up?
  2. (US, colloquial, idiomatic, with-up) What's happening? What are you doing?
    • Hey, what's up? – Not much, just working.
  3. (colloquial, rhetoric) A casual greeting with a meaning similar to hi or nice to meet you.
    • Hey, what's up? – Hey! Good to see you.

Forms of what up

alternative formwaddup

Words that rhyme with what up

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Questions about what up

What is what up the alternative form of?
What up is the alternative form of what's up.
How do you pronounce what up?
What up is pronounced /ʍʌt ˈʌp/ (US).

Words near what up in the dictionary

  1. what though
  2. what time
  3. what time do you make it
  4. what time have you got
  5. what time is it
  6. what up
  7. what was someone smoking
  8. what was someone thinking
  9. what was that
  10. what was your first clue
  11. what way the wind is blowing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: what up (page history and authors); what's up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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