do what in English

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "do what?"
      },
      "expansion": "do what?",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "— The throbulator is connected via the tertiary wiring loom."
        },
        {
          "text": "— Do what??"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An intensified version of what? or huh?, expressing surprise or lack of comprehension"
      ],
      "id": "en-do_what-en-intj-JDI1~DBa",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "huh",
          "huh"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, colloquial) An intensified version of what? or huh?, expressing surprise or lack of comprehension"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "you what?"
        },
        {
          "word": "say what?"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(expressing surprise or lack of comprehension)",
          "word": "de quoi?"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(expressing surprise or lack of comprehension)",
          "word": "micsoda?"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čevó?",
          "sense": "(expressing surprise or lack of comprehension)",
          "word": "чего́?"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-do what.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/En-au-do_what.ogg/En-au-do_what.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/En-au-do_what.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "do what"
}

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "do what?"
      },
      "expansion": "do what?",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "you what?"
    },
    {
      "word": "say what?"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English interjections",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "— The throbulator is connected via the tertiary wiring loom."
        },
        {
          "text": "— Do what??"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An intensified version of what? or huh?, expressing surprise or lack of comprehension"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "huh",
          "huh"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, colloquial) An intensified version of what? or huh?, expressing surprise or lack of comprehension"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-do what.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/En-au-do_what.ogg/En-au-do_what.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/En-au-do_what.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(expressing surprise or lack of comprehension)",
      "word": "de quoi?"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(expressing surprise or lack of comprehension)",
      "word": "micsoda?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čevó?",
      "sense": "(expressing surprise or lack of comprehension)",
      "word": "чего́?"
    }
  ],
  "word": "do what"
}

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"do what" meaning in English

Interjection