you know what

phrase

Used, often as a question, to get someone's attention before announcing something.

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you know something
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Meanings

phraseyou know what?
  1. idiomaticUsed, often as a question, to get someone's attention before announcing something.

    Well, you know what, he's got a cloud over him. You have to live with who you are and make your peace with your maker about what you really are.

    2001 May 10, "Blake's Attorney on Bakley's Murder", CNN Live (transcript)
    1 more example

    Well, I guess I’ve got to say, I love the Madonna one that we did — the Drowned world tour. Actually, you know what? The first Blonde Ambition tour I loved. The “Vogue” thing — that was a memorable moment in my lifetime.

    2009 March 23, Alex Hawgood, “The Three-Ring Circus”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: you know something

Synonyms & antonyms

phraseUsed, often as a question, to get someone's attention before announcing something.

Similar
you know something
Also see
guess whatyou know something

Translations

Bulgarian знаеш ли какво?
  • знаеш ли какво? (znaeš li kakvo?)used to get attention
Catalan saps què
  • saps quèused to get attention
Chinese Mandarin 你知道吗, 我要说
  • 你知道吗 (nǐ zhīdào ma)used to get attention
  • 我要说used to get attention
Dutch weet je wat
  • weet je watused to get attention
Estonian tead mis, teate mis
  • tead misused to get attention
  • teate misused to get attention
Finnish tiedätkö mitä, tiedättekö mitä
  • tiedätkö mitäused to get attention
  • tiedättekö mitäused to get attention
French tu sais quoi, vous savez quoi
  • tu sais quoiused to get attention
  • vous savez quoiused to get attention
Hungarian tudod mit
  • tudod mitused to get attention
Italian sai cosa
  • sai cosaused to get attention
Korean 있잖아요, 있잖아
  • 있잖아요 (itjanayo)used to get attention
  • 있잖아 (itjana)used to get attention
Polish wiesz co
  • wiesz coused to get attention
Portuguese quer saber
  • quer saberused to get attention
Romanian știi ce, știi ceva
  • știi ceused to get attention
  • știi cevaused to get attention
Russian зна́ешь что́!
  • зна́ешь что́! (znáješʹ štó!)used to get attention
Spanish sabes qué, sabes algo
  • sabes quéused to get attention
  • sabes algoused to get attention
Swedish vet du vad, vet du
  • vet du vadused to get attention
  • vet duused to get attention
Ukrainian а зна́єте
  • а зна́єте (a znájete)used to get attention
Cite this entry
APA

you know what. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20know%20what

MLA

“you know what.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20know%20what. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “you know what,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20know%20what.

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