"what's up with" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-what's up with.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} what's up with
  1. (colloquial, in rhetorical questions or salutations) What's wrong with; what's the problem or matter with. Said to express that the behaviour of someone, or operation of something, is out of the ordinary or problematic. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: what's with, what's the deal with, what's the matter with, what's the story with, what's eating (english: followed by a person's name), whassup wit, wazzup wit Related terms: what gives, what's cooking, what's up Translations (said to express a person's behavior is out of the ordinary): cos'ha che non va? (Italian), cosa c'è che non va in (Italian), co jest z (Polish)
    Sense id: en-what's_up_with-en-phrase-ZJDWzCz3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English non-constituents, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 91 7 2 Disambiguation of English non-constituents: 73 18 9 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 83 13 4 Disambiguation of "said to express a person's behavior is out of the ordinary": 84 15 1
  2. (colloquial, in rhetorical questions) Used to express disbelief or curiosity. Tags: colloquial Translations (used to express disbelief or curiosity): hvad sker der for (Danish), hvað er málið með (Icelandic), o co chodzi z (Polish), ce s-a întâmplat cu... (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-what's_up_with-en-phrase-TPgRgIVn Disambiguation of 'used to express disbelief or curiosity': 4 96 0
  3. (colloquial, in statements) (The thing that is) the problem or issue with. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-what's_up_with-en-phrase-Y2lS0i4d

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