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paktor

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Singapore[ˈpʰɑʔˈtʰɔː]

paktor verb: to go out on a date with someone whom one is romantically involved with.

Verb

paktor

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, informal) To go out on a date with someone whom one is romantically involved with.
    • He adds that he goes there with his children once every two months. "A lot of memories. First time I paktor (dated) with my wife was there."1994 November 20, “The scattering of Satay Club”, in The Straits Times (Leisure), page 32
    • Some youngsters paktor with girlfriends also stroll slowly across the roads.1998 November 7, tcbeez, “Eyes sore at traffic light junction”, in soc.culture.singapore (Usenet)

Examples of paktor in a sentence

  • When Miss Doris Low and Mr Bobby Chua were 'paktor-ing' (dating) they ate at the carpark stalls at least twice a week.2004 July 10, “Nostalgia? More like costalgia' to me”, in The New Paper (Singapore), page 10:
  • We want to paktor (meaning "go dating" in Cantonese) too.2014 June 11, “Having a backup fund for retirement”, in My Paper(Singapore), page A18:
  • My wife joins me whenever I train, so it's our time to paktor ("go dating" in Cantonese).2015 May 5, “DOING GOOD IN THE LONG RUN”, in The New Paper (Singapore), page 17:
  • That shares the spotlight with Lautner, who plays Cam, a bicycle courier looking to "paktor" (Cantonese slang for "court") with parkour hottie Nikki (Marie Avgeropoulos).2015 February 27, “Parkour caper is purely a star vehicle for Lautner”, in The Business Times (Singapore), page 37:

Origin of paktor

Borrowed from Cantonese 拍拖 (paak³ to¹, “to date, or be dating someone”).

Words formed from paktor

Questions about paktor

What does paktor mean?
Paktor means to go out on a date with someone whom one is romantically involved with.
How do you use paktor in a sentence?
When Miss Doris Low and Mr Bobby Chua were 'paktor-ing' (dating) they ate at the carpark stalls at least twice a week.
What part of speech is paktor?
Paktor is a verb.
How do you pronounce paktor?
Paktor is pronounced [ˈpʰɑʔˈtʰɔː] (Singapore).

Words near paktor in the dictionary

  1. Pakstan
  2. Paktia
  3. Paktika
  4. paktong
  5. paktongs
  6. paktor
  7. paktorlogy
  8. pakul
  9. Pakula
  10. pakuls
  11. Pakur

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