what is it
Query about something
What is it is a question asking for identification or explanation of something: What is it you want from me?
The phrase also names a guessing game where one person thinks of something and others ask questions.
In casual speech, what is it can express impatience when someone hesitates: Well, what is it? Spit it out.
- decideReach a conclusion
- questionRequest for information
- good questionInquiry worth pondering
- I wonderExpress curiosity aloud
- inquiryRequest for information
define · wonder · classify · excuse me · essence · meaning · existence · categorize · nature · enigma · being · riddle · guessing game · mystery box · identify · seek · hard to say · curiosity
epistemic state
what is itI know
Acknowledgment of awareness
I understand · of course · understood · no question · certainty