Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.

also can:

hoot

hut

Hokkien:

poj:

hut

+

poj:

hut/phut

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definitions

verb

  1. to act recklessly; to disregard everything; to do without care for the consequences
  2. If not then lose already what! Just anyhow hoot also can!

  3. to fight; to hit; to beat up
  4. do; general dummy verb used to mean doing some action, especially one usually performed on or with a given noun
  5. synonyms:



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