You Know What So Funny Meaning

what

Usually pronounced hwɒt for meanings two, 4 and v.

1 quest Yous use what in questions when you ask for specific information about something that you do non know.
What do you want?..., `Has something happened?'—`Indeed information technology has.'—`What?'..., Hey! What are you doing?
What is besides a determiner., det
What time is it?..., `The heater works.'<emdash10003`What heater?'..., What kind of poetry does he like?

2 conj You use what after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, when you are referring to a state of affairs that is unknown or has not been specified.
You can imagine what it would be similar driving a motorcar into a brick wall at 30 miles an hr..., I want to know what happened to Norman..., Do you know what those idiots have done?..., We had never seen anything similar it before and could not see what to do next..., She turned ruby from embarrassment, once she realized what she had done.
What is besides a determiner., det
I didn't know what college I wanted to go to..., I didn't know what else to say., ...an inspection to ascertain to what extent colleges are responding to the needs of industry.

iii conj You use what at the beginning of a clause in structures where you lot are changing the order of the information to give special emphasis to something. , (accent) What precisely triggered off yesterday's riot is all the same unclear..., What I wanted, more than anything, was a few days' rest...

4 conj You employ what in expressions such as what is called and what amounts to when you are giving a description of something.
She had been in what doctors described every bit an irreversible vegetative state for five years...

five conj You apply what to indicate that you are talking nigh the whole of an amount that is available to you.
He drinks what is left in his glass as if information technology were water...
What is too a determiner., det (=whatever)
They had had to use what money they had.

half dozen convention You lot say `What?' to tell someone who has indicated that they want to speak to you that you lot have heard them and are inviting them to continue.
SPOKEN, formulae `Dad?'—`What?'—`Tin I have the car this evening?'

7 convention You say `What?' when you enquire someone to repeat the thing that they have but said because yous did not hear or empathize it properly. `What?' is more informal and less polite than expressions such as `Pardon?' and `Alibi me?'.
SPOKEN, formulae `They could paint this identify,' she said. `What?' he asked.

8 convention Yous say `What' to express surprise. , (feelings) `Adolphus Kelling, I arrest y'all on a charge of trafficking in narcotics.'—`What?'

9 predet Y'all use what in exclamations to emphasize an opinion or reaction. , (emphasis) What a horrible affair to exercise..., What a busy day.
What is likewise a determiner., det
What ugly things; throw them away, throw them away..., What great news, Jakki.

10 adv You use what to indicate that you lot are making a guess well-nigh something such equally an amount or value.
ADV northward
It'due south, what, 11 years or more since he'southward seen him...

11 You say gauge what or do you know what to introduce a piece of information which is surprising, which is not generally known, or which you lot want to emphasize.
♦ guess what/practice you know what convention
Guess what? I'yard going to dinner at Mrs. Combley'south tonight...

12 In conversation, you say or what? after a question as a fashion of stating an opinion forcefully and showing that you wait other people to concur.
♦ or what phrase cl PHR (emphasis) Look at that moon. Is that beautiful or what?..., Am I wasting my time here, or what?

xiii You lot say so what? or what of it? to indicate that the previous remark seems unimportant, uninteresting, or irrelevant to you.
♦ so what, what of it convention
(feelings) (=then)
`I skipped off school today,'<emdash10001`Then what? What'south so special nearly that?'..., `You're talking to yourself.'—`Well, what of information technology?'

xiv Yous say `Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
♦ tell you what phrase PHR cl
Tell you what, allow's stay hither another day.

15 You use what near at the beginning of a question when you make a suggestion, offer, or asking.
♦ what well-nigh phrase PHR n/-ing
What about going out with me tomorrow?...

sixteen You use what nearly or what of when you innovate a new topic or a point which seems relevant to a previous remark.
♦ what about/of phrase PHR group/cl
At present y'all've talked about work on daffodils, what about other commercially important flowers, similar roses?...

17 Yous say what about a particular person or thing when yous enquire someone to explicate why they have asked y'all most that person or affair.
♦ what nigh phrase PHR n
`This thing with the Corbett woman.'—`Oh, aye. What about her?'

18 You lot say what have you at the end of a list in social club to refer generally to other things of the same kind.
♦ what accept you phrase northward PHR, due north and/or PHR (vagueness) So many things are unsafe these days<endash10001milk, cranberry sauce, what take yous..., My bang-up-grandad fabricated horseshoes and nails and what take you.

19 You lot say what if at the beginning of a question when you ask about the consequences of something happening, especially something undesirable.
♦ what if phrase PHR cl
What if this doesn't work out?...

xx If you know what's what, yous know the important things that demand to be known about a state of affairs.
♦ what's what phrase PHR later on 5
You accept to know what's what and when to draw the line..., You should come beyond the river with usa. And so you will really see what's what.

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→ what'due south more than
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what'south
What'due south is the usual spoken form of `what is' or `what has', especially when `has' is an auxiliary verb.

Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary

Collaborative Dictionary     English language Cobuild

wats up	exp.	what's upwards	sms similar writing, incorrect form in English language
what's the catch	id.	when sth sounds besides skilful to be true and not equally expert as it seems to be and you suspect that at that place is a hidden problem
a penny for your thoughts	exp.	expression used to encourage someone to share with you lot what's on his mind
walk the walk	exp.	human activity in accordance with what is fix verbally; apply what one'southward preaching for; double words by activeness;	oft used in combination with "talk the talk".
digital afterlife	n.	what remains of someone's life in cyber space afterward his or her decease	[Tech.]
it is what it is	exp.	ways "that'due south only the way it is"	c'est comme ça, point barre
so am I	exp.	me likewise
wth	exp.	what the hell	Slang; written abbreviation
wbu	exp.	what virtually you	Slang; written abbreviation
wtf	due north.	what the fuck?	grossier
wazzup	exp.	what`s up	Slang; casual greeting "Wazzup, my friend?"
what goes effectually comes effectually	id.	expression used to point out that i will eventually face up the consequences of his ain deportment
steal someone's thunder	exp.	accept credit for some other person's achievement
the bee's knees	exp.	the duck's nuts, the best, the dog'due south bollocks

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