how-do-you-do, n.
an expression of greeting
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
hello hi how-do-you-do howdy hullo
sample sentences
"every morning they exchanged polite hellos"
semantic pointers
hypernym
an awkward situation
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how-d'ye-do how-do-you-do