"what's bracking" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-what's bracking.wav
Etymology: From what's cracking, with the initial "C" in cracking replaced with "B" in Blood slang. Etymology templates: {{from|en|what's cracking}} what's cracking Head templates: {{en-interj}} what's bracking
  1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) What's going on? What's up? Tags: slang
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          "ref": "2016, Mr Joe McClain Jr, A Black Man Has 9 Lives, Uprock Publications, →ISBN, page 25:",
          "text": "\"What's brackin Blood? Leuders Park Bompton Piru nigga.\" I ain't know what any of that meant, but I knew it wasn't cool.",
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          "ref": "2019, Genesis Woods, Diamond Mafia: How a Good Girl Set It Off, Blake Karrington Presents, →ISBN, page 189:",
          "text": "\"What's brackin blood?\" A deep baritone voice flowed through the speaker. Loud laughs and music could be heard in the background. \"You stopping by the party or what? It's a gang of bitches here asking about you. I don't know how long I can hold my boys off. You know these niggas love crackin new pussy.\"",
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          "ref": "2023 December 5, @mariicooks, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-16:",
          "text": "Never ordering from a restaurant again just watched this waiter spit in my food and when I called him out he said \"What's bracking blud?\" and threw up gang signs. 🤦♂️",
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