sharp-sharp

interjection

A greeting: hello; hi; goodbye.

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Meanings

interjection

alternative shap · alternative shap-shap · alternative shup · alternative shup-shup · alternative sharp

  1. South AfricacolloquialA greeting: hello; hi; goodbye.

    A cellphone rang and he scrabbled for it with clumsy fingers, his eyes already a bit glassy. "Sharp-sharp, my bru," he answered.

    2014, Maya Fowler & Isobel Dixon (translation of Karin Brynard's Plaasmoord), Weeping Waters, page 636
  2. South AfricacolloquialFine, all right.

Origin

From Tsotsitaal.

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APA

sharp-sharp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharp-sharp

MLA

“sharp-sharp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharp-sharp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sharp-sharp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharp-sharp.

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