"what it is" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Possibly a combination of what up with how goes it and similar phrases. First use appears c. 1972. See cite below.",
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          "ref": "1972, Odie Hawkins, Odie Hawkins:",
          "text": "Mrs. Franklin breaks her embrace, begins running water into the sink to wash dishes...What it is, baby. What it is.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1997, April Sinclair, Ain't Gonna be the Same Fool Twice, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 181:",
          "text": "\"What it is?\" David greeted me.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Chris Fuhrman, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 162:",
          "text": "A boy broke out of the crowd shouting, \"Hey! Hey! What it is, brothers, what it is?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2007, K'wan, Still Hood, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 87:",
          "text": "\"What it is, my niggaz?\" Hollywood gave True a pound then jerked him in for a hug.",
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        "A casual greeting."
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          "greeting",
          "greeting"
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        "(slang, African-American Vernacular) A casual greeting."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "what up?"
        },
        {
          "word": "what it do?"
        },
        {
          "word": "what it be?"
        }
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  "word": "what it is"
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          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "1997, April Sinclair, Ain't Gonna be the Same Fool Twice, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 181:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2001, Chris Fuhrman, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 162:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "what up?"
    },
    {
      "word": "what it do?"
    },
    {
      "word": "what it be?"
    }
  ],
  "word": "what it is"
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