"what was that" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=what was that?}} what was that?
  1. (colloquial) What did you just say? Synonym of say again Tags: colloquial Translations (What did you just say): 你剛才說什麼? (Chinese Mandarin), 你刚才说什么? (nǐ gāngcái shuō shénme?) (Chinese Mandarin), mitä sanoit (Finnish), de quoi (French), que dixeches? (Galician), mi? (english: on the verge of being rude) (Hungarian), micsoda? (Hungarian), mit mondasz? (note: only slightly informal) (Hungarian), šta si rekao/la? (Serbo-Croatian), efendim? (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-what_was_that-en-phrase-0Jg5I6d9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasebook, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English phrasebook: 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'What did you just say': 90 10
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what, was, that.
    Sense id: en-what_was_that-en-phrase-5SqfmjXv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: what's that
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          "roman": "nǐ gāngcái shuō shénme?",
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          "word": "你刚才说什么?"
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          "sense": "What did you just say",
          "word": "šta si rekao/la?"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "What did you just say",
      "word": "你剛才說什麼?"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǐ gāngcái shuō shénme?",
      "sense": "What did you just say",
      "word": "你刚才说什么?"
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      "sense": "What did you just say",
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      "sense": "What did you just say",
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      "sense": "What did you just say",
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      "sense": "What did you just say",
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    },
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      "sense": "What did you just say",
      "word": "micsoda?"
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      "sense": "What did you just say",
      "word": "mit mondasz?"
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "What did you just say",
      "word": "šta si rekao/la?"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "What did you just say",
      "word": "efendim?"
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