Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Arbitrarily chosen; characterized by random choices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Manglish, Singlish, not-comparable
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noun
A kind of lucky draw or lottery-like game popular throughout the 1950s to the 1970s; usually, prizes are won by pulling slips of paper or numbered tickets from a board.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Malaysia, Singapore, uncountable
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verb
To choose (something) at random.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Manglish, Singlish, invariable
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History
Unadapted borrowing from Malay tikam-tikam lit. “to stab repeatedly; knife game” from reduplication of tikam “to stab”.
