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kiap

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Singapore[kjap̚˦]

kiap noun: tongs, clip; any claw-like tool used to grab objects or hold something in place.

Noun

kiap (singular only)

  1. (Singlish, singular, singular-only, placeholder) Tongs, clip; any claw-like tool used to grab objects or hold something in place.

Verb

kiap (third-person singular simple present kiaps, present participle kiapping, simple past and past participle kiapped)

  1. (Singlish) To clamp (as if with a clothes peg or tongs), to squeeze between.
    • Her words conjure a determinedly striding auntie with a tote bag kiapped by her armpit, pushing the MRT doors open with sheer strength.2020 April 4, Yeo Boon Ping, “Red, White, and Black: The Lives of African Singaporeans and PRs”, in ricemedia.co

kiap meaning in Bengali

kiap in Bengali

চিমটা, ক্লিপ, আটকানো, দুটির মাঝে চাপা দেওয়া

Forms of kiap

third-person singular presentkiaps
present participlekiapping
past participlekiapped
pastkiapped

Origin of kiap

Borrowed from Hokkien 夾 /夹 (kiap).

Questions about kiap

What does kiap mean?
Kiap means tongs, clip; any claw-like tool used to grab objects or hold something in place.
What is kiap in Bengali?
Kiap in Bengali is চিমটা, ক্লিপ, আটকানো. See Kiap meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is kiap?
Kiap can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce kiap?
Kiap is pronounced [kjap̚˦] (Singapore).

Words near kiap in the dictionary

  1. Kiangyin
  2. Kiani
  3. Kianis
  4. kianse
  5. Kiaochow
  6. kiap
  7. kiapped
  8. kiapping
  9. kiaps
  10. kiar
  11. Kiara

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kiap (page history and authors); kiap (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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