tekan
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[ˌtəˈkan]
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[ˌtəˈkan] · [ˌtə˧ˈkan˦]
Definition of tekan
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(Singapore, colloquial, invariable, slang)To bully or treat harshly, to punish (especially in military contexts).
“"Wah lau! You tekan him, ah? But he bigger than you, man!"”
“We have also been through training and we all kena tekan (were bullied), but even if we were ill-treated, we didn’t know that we were being ill-treated”
“When Hamdan joined their cell, Iryan told him the 1.6m-tall victim was someone they could tekan (bully).”
“It will expose us to different ways of thought … like waking up at 4am and being tekan.”
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Etymology
From Malay tekan (“to press or pressure”).
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