what gives

Meaning

1. Oxford60% of films

   what is happening?; what is the news?

   - Hey, what gives? - Wait, what?

   What gives, Wong? You said no chicks allowed.

In the movies · 11

• - Hey, what gives? - Wait, what?Inside Out2015
• My dear, what gives you such pain, dear lady?Deathtrap1982
• What gives you the right to treat people like...Swimming with Sharks1994
• It's what gives him meaning.Avatar: The Way of Water2022
• Whoa, Max. What gives? What, no planetarium?The Hangover2009
• What gives, Wong? You said no chicks allowed.Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder2009
• "You are what gives me life."Babylon2022
• A soul is what gives us feelings.The Boondock Saints1999

Learn it in full scenes

• Inside Out2015
  • Broccoli on the Pizza
  • Sadness Nearly Touches a Core Memory
  • Riley Introduces Herself and Cries
• Deathtrap1982
  • Sidney's Play Flops on Opening Night
  • Sidney Rants About Being Written Out
  • Sidney Plots to Steal a Play
• Swimming with Sharks1994
  • Buddy Sweet-Talks Shelley Winters
  • Buddy Berates Guy Over the Phone
  • Guy's First Day as Buddy's Assistant

From the same entry

• don't give me that
• give and take
• give as good as you get
• give it up
• give me
• give or take
• give to believe
• I give you
• I give you that
• give away
• give away
• give away