Phrase guide
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verb
To do something hastily or randomly without real consideration or planning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, Singlish, invariable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: whack, just whack
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see anyhow, whack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, Singlish, invariable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From anyhow (“carelessly”) + whack (“to attempt something blindly”, Singapore English), the latter a semantic loan from Malay hentam (“to strike; to do something carelessly”).
