"what's good" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-what's good.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} what's good
  1. (colloquial) What is good, especially in reference to food. Tags: colloquial Related terms: if one knows what's good for one, what's good for the goose is good for the gander Translations ((colloquial) what is good, especially in reference to food): چی باشە؟ (çî başe?) (Central Kurdish), 這裡有什麼好吃的? (Chinese Mandarin), 这里有什么好吃的? (zhèlǐ yǒu shénme hǎochī de?) (Chinese Mandarin), mikä on hyvää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-what's_good-en-phrase-hF09oonC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasebook, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English phrasebook: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 70 30 Disambiguation of '(colloquial) what is good, especially in reference to food': 96 4
  2. (slang) What's up? a casual greeting Tags: slang Categories (topical): Greetings
    Sense id: en-what's_good-en-phrase-jCjElkgD Disambiguation of Greetings: 0 100

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