Chimbridge Singlish Dictionary

definitions

interjection

1. used to confirm whether the listener has comprehended the preceding statement; 'get it?'; 'capisce?'

... waiting for the day when he would ROD and see the last of Inche, his foul-mouthed sergeant, the tanks, the night marches, barbed wires and his gun. She's closer to you than your fucking girlfriend! Understooded? The sergeant had barked.

— 2014, Suchen Christine Lim. The River’s Song. Aurora Metro Books. ISBN: 9781906582579. ch.20

synonyms:

hor understand
2. (backchanneling) used to confirm the speaker’s comprehension of something

They were all figures of fun. Everyone mocked the teacher who punctuated his sentences with the rhetorical question 'Understood?' which was met as often as not with a chorus of 'Understooded'.

— 2017, Philip Jeyaretnam. The Philip Jeyaretnam Collection. Marshall Cavendish Editions. ISBN: 9789814779142

synonyms:

orh understand

antonyms:

ha si mi