"what's with" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-what's with.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} what's with
  1. (colloquial, sometimes rhetorical question) What is wrong with. Tags: colloquial, rhetoric, sometimes Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions Related terms: what's up with, what gives, what's cooking
    Sense id: en-what's_with-en-phrase-yBljNpdk 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: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 95 5 Disambiguation of English non-constituents: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 95 5
  2. (colloquial, sometimes rhetorical question) What is the reason for. Tags: colloquial, rhetoric, sometimes Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions
    Sense id: en-what's_with-en-phrase-3gzmkqQ9

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