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What are you having?
What are you having?
Fig. What food or drink are you planning to order? (Either part of a conversation or a request from food service personnel. In a restaurant, sometimes the host or hostess will signal to a guest to order first by saying this. Sometimes a guest will ask this of a host or hostess to determine the price range that is appropriate.) Waiter: Would you care to order now? Tom: What are you having? Mary: You order. I haven't made up my mind. Waiter: May I help you? Tom: What are you having, Pop? Father: I'll have the roast chicken, I think, with fries. Tom: I'll have the same.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Sweeney | | ['swi:ni] | |
Adele | | [ə'del] | |
Aamina | | - | Arabic |
Miki | | mee-kee | Japanese |
Izolda | | ee-ZAWL-dah (Polish) | Georgian, Polish |
Tor | | TOOR (Swedish, Norwegian), TOR (Danish) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |