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Thai
Etymology
From ชัก (chák, “to draw; to pull; to raise; etc”) + ดาบ (dàap, “sword”), literally "to draw out a sword", from historical period dramas in which a martial artist orders and consumes food and usually refuses to pay the price by drawing out his sword to threaten the shop owner or worker who demands the payment.
Pronunciation
Verb
ชักดาบ • (chák-dàap) (abstract noun การชักดาบ)
- (slang, idiomatic) to refuse or intentionally fail to make a payment when required to pay
- กินแล้วชักดาบ
- gin lɛ́ɛo chák-dàap
- To dine and dash.
- ประธาน กยศ. เปิดเผยว่า ยอดหมอชักดาบพุ่งถึงร้อยละ ๕๐
- bprà-taan · gɔɔ-yɔɔ-sɔ̌ɔ · bpə̀ət-pə̌əi wâa · yɔ̂ɔt mɔ̌ɔ chák-dàap pûng tʉ̌ng rɔ́ɔi-lá · hâa sìp
- The Student Loan Fund president reveals that the number of medical students evading payment has increased by 50%.
References
- ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน. (2010). พจนานุกรมคำใหม่ เล่ม ๑ ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน. (in Thai). (2nd edition). Bangkok: ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน. →ISBN. p. 54.