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shiok

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Malaysia[ʃjok̚]

shiok adjective: delightful, pleasurable.

Adjective

shiok

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) Delightful, pleasurable.
    • Shiok Mike. Let's burn his house with this Mike.2007, Elangovan, P, Singapore, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 51
    • Ecstasy? Delicious? Pleasurable? How about just Shiok.2014 June 23, Jonathan Lim, “17 Singlish words that offer so much more than their English equivalents”, in Mothership.SG, Mothership, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2014

Origin of shiok

Borrowed from Malay syok (“pleasing; attractive”). Doublet of shoke. Cognate with Punjabi ਸ਼ੌਕ (śauk, “eagerness; hobby”).

Questions about shiok

What does shiok mean?
Shiok means delightful, pleasurable.
What part of speech is shiok?
Shiok is an adjective.
How do you pronounce shiok?
Shiok is pronounced [ʃjok̚] (Malaysia).

Words near shiok in the dictionary

  1. shinza
  2. shinzas
  3. Shinzwani
  4. Shio
  5. Shiodome
  6. shiok
  7. shiokara
  8. Shiolan
  9. Shion
  10. shionone
  11. Shiori

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