gabra
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
gabra (not comparable)
- (Singlish, colloquial) Panicky and confused.
- 1978 September 17, “Inside the mind of a rifleman”, in The Straits Times[1]:
- Who like army. No freedom and NCOs always shout. They have loud voices. They shout only we gabra (panic).
- 1986 November 18, “Slanging the message across”, in The Straits Times[2]:
- In the sports field, the nervous little boy who is drafted into the squad to make up a full team gets all “gabra” (or confused) when he receives the ball and “cocks up” the match resulting in his team’s defeat.