Meaning of tekan | Babel Free

Definitions

To bully or treat harshly, to punish (especially in military contexts).

Singapore, colloquial, invariable, slang

Examples

“"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.”

CEFR level