"what's cooking" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-what's cooking.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interj|head=what's cooking?}} what's cooking?
  1. (idiomatic, informal) A greeting, similar to how are you?; what's happening?; what's up?; what's new? Tags: idiomatic, informal Translations (greeting): hvað segist? (Icelandic), hvað er títt? (Icelandic), cosa sta succendendo? (Italian), che succede? (Italian), quid rei est? (Latin), ce mai faci? (Romanian), cum o mai duci? (Romanian), ŝto ima? (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-what's_cooking-en-intj-LS2v7JUr Disambiguation of 'greeting': 86 14
  2. (idiomatic) Expression of concern, asking for an explanation, similar to what's going on?; what's the problem?; what gives? Tags: idiomatic Translations (request for an explanation): cosa sta succedendo? (Italian), ce se întâmplă? (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-what's_cooking-en-intj-FMmvkZrY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'request for an explanation': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: what's up with, what gives, what's with, how's tricks

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      "sense": "greeting",
      "word": "hvað er títt?"
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      "sense": "greeting",
      "word": "cum o mai duci?"
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      "sense": "greeting",
      "word": "ŝto ima?"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "cosa sta succedendo?"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "word": "ce se întâmplă?"
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