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verb
Synonym of chao keng (“to malinger, to shirk military duties by reporting sick”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, Singlish, invariable, usually
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Synonyms: chao keng
Antonyms: none provided
History
Clipping of chao keng, from Teochew 臭 (cao3, “dirty, ill-reputed”) + 經 /经 (gêng1, “to evade; to pass the buck”).
