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anyhow whack

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Singapore/ˈɛnihaʊ ˈwɛk/

anyhow whack verb: to do something hastily or randomly without real consideration or planning.

Verb

anyhow whack (usually invariable)

  1. (Singapore, Singlish, invariable, usually) To do something hastily or randomly without real consideration or planning.
    • Miss Loi always tells her students not to anyhow whack, stay calm and know thy approach before attempting each question.2007 September 17, “Composite Functions – Anyhow Whack Time!”, in exampaper.com.sg
    • She also makes it her personal mission to advocate healthy eating to strangers she shares a table with at food courts. “(I do so because) I feel sorry for them. I used to be like them, ‘anyhow eat, anyhow whack’, never thinking of the consequences. Some will thank me, but some laugh it off,” she...2017 August 25, Toh Ee Ming, quoting Christine Lee, “Self-control, group support help diabetic patients to manage disease”, in Today, Mediacorp Publications, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2024
    Synonyms:
    whack, just whack
  2. (Singapore, Singlish, invariable, usually) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see anyhow, whack.

Synonyms of anyhow whack

Origin of anyhow whack

From anyhow (“carelessly”) + whack (“to attempt something blindly”, Singapore English), the latter a semantic loan from Malay hentam (“to strike; to do something carelessly”).

Questions about anyhow whack

What does anyhow whack mean?
Anyhow whack means to do something hastily or randomly without real consideration or planning.
What part of speech is anyhow whack?
Anyhow whack is a verb.
How do you pronounce anyhow whack?
Anyhow whack is pronounced /ˈɛnihaʊ ˈwɛk/ (Singapore).

Words near anyhow whack in the dictionary

  1. anyfink
  2. anyfuckingbody
  3. anyfuckingone
  4. anyhoo
  5. anyhow
  6. anyhow whack
  7. anyhowly
  8. anyhows
  9. Anyi
  10. Anykščiai
  11. anymore

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