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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an awkward situation;
- Example: "that's a fine how-d'ye-do"
[syn: how-do-you-do, how-d'ye-do]

2. an expression of greeting;
- Example: "every morning they exchanged polite hellos"
[syn: hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-do-you-do]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

how-do-you-do
    n 1: an awkward situation; "that's a fine how-d'ye-do" [syn:
         how-do-you-do, how-d'ye-do]
    2: an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged
       polite hellos" [syn: hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-
       do-you-do]