Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

what are you like

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.96 in modern English

Syllables
what are y-ou -like
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Expressing mock despair at somebody's outrageous behaviour.

British usage; American usage; Colloquial; Obsolete

Usage

Questions

What does what are you like mean?
Expressing mock despair at somebody's outrageous behaviour.

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