gabra

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See also: ġabra

English

Etymology

From Malay gabra.

Pronunciation

(Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈɡaː.bɹaː/

Adjective

gabra (not comparable)

  1. (Singlish, colloquial) Panicky and confused.
    • 1978 September 17, “Inside the mind of a rifleman”, in The Straits Times:
      Who like army. No freedom and NCOs always shout. They have loud voices. They shout only we gabra (panic).
    • 1986 November 18, “Slanging the message across”, in The Straits Times:
      In the sports field, the nervous little boy who is drafted into the squad to make up a full team gets all “gabra” (or confused) when he receives the ball and “cocks up” the match resulting in his team’s defeat.
    • 2001 June 4, soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
      Just poke fun only you gabra.... how to survive like that?

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