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adj
For show, insincere or fake; ostentatious and showy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, Singlish, not-comparable
Qualifier: never attributive
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noun
A theatrical performance of mythological events employing puppets or human dancers in Malaysia and Indonesia (especially Java).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A shadow theatre performance, or such performances in general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any traditional theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Any traditional theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
Traditional Chinese opera, performed outdoors. The equivalent term in Mandarin is 街戲 /街戏 (jiēxì, literally “street opera”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Insincere behaviour; an act meant to deceive or mislead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Malaysia, Singapore, Singlish, countable, uncountable
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verb
To put up a front, to pretend (e.g., to be hard at work when one’s superiors are watching) or behave in a false and misleading way, especially if it puts one at an advantage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Malaysia, Singapore, Singlish, invariable
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History
Transliteration of Javanese ꦮꦪꦁ (wayang, “shadow; imagination; puppetry”), from Old Javanese wayaṅ via Malay wayang. Cognate with Dutch wajang.
