Chimbridge Singlish Dictionary

definitions

noun

1. an auction
2. a clearance sale; a sale at a big discount

It will soon be lelong lelong time at hotels outside of the Marina area. They have plenty of rooms to sell and room rates may start to drop. Just wait and see.

— 2006 September 8, Jasmine Yin. Today, "Gloom in hotel lobbies". p.10

3. an auction
4. a clearance sale; a sale at a big discount

It will soon be lelong lelong time at hotels outside of the Marina area. They have plenty of rooms to sell and room rates may start to drop. Just wait and see.

— 2006 September 8, Jasmine Yin. Today, "Gloom in hotel lobbies". p.10

adjective

1. of or having the qualities of a sale at a big discount

This is the entertainment world's equivalent of a fire sale: A last-ditch, lelong effort to pull in the crowds when the chips are down and ideas have run dry.

— 2004 May 5, Felix Cheong. Today, "Horror's death knell". p.30

2. of or having the qualities of a sale at a big discount

This is the entertainment world's equivalent of a fire sale: A last-ditch, lelong effort to pull in the crowds when the chips are down and ideas have run dry.

— 2004 May 5, Felix Cheong. Today, "Horror's death knell". p.30

verb

1. to auction off; to sell off
2. to have a clearance sale; to sell off at a discount
3. to auction off; to sell off
4. to have a clearance sale; to sell off at a discount