English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hokkien 出 (chhut, “to produce or make”) + pattern.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]chut pattern (third-person singular simple present chut pattern, no present participle, no simple past or past participle)
- (Singapore, colloquial) To inconvenience or disturb; to make a fuss and bother; to act up.
- 2009, unnamed, ‘Boring’ Singapore City Photo , (online)
- The locals like to say 'someone choot pattern' meaning to say someone is being difficult.
- 2013, Patsy G, There is enough for all..: “Chut pattern, liao” [blog entry]
- Actually, the term seems more Hokkien that Singlish - "chut pattern, liao".
- 2014, Mr. SGAG [unknown author], (online)
- Many boyfriends going to chut pattern tonight!
- 2015, Kenneth Khing, Skycart is write here, [blog entry]
- A fulfilling relationship is a wondrous thing to have but it does take effort to maintain and that entails the occasional chut pattern.
- 2015, Kirsten Tan, The Online Citizen: Gutter journalism: The New Paper “chut pattern”, page (online)
- If we really want to talk about people or organisations that chut pattern, one cannot leave The New Paper out.
- 2015, StraitsTimesReview.com, (online)
- “IF DR CHEE SAYS HE IS SECOND WHEN IT COMES TO ‘CHU PATTERN’, NO ONE ELSE WOULD DARE TO CLAIM FIRST.”
- 2015, DanielFoodDiary.com, [blog entry]
- When we say a person ‘chut pattern’, it talks about someone full of antics.
- 2009, unnamed, ‘Boring’ Singapore City Photo , (online)