Etymology

chut pattern

Today it means: To inconvenience or disturb; to make a fuss and bother; to act up. Full definition →

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The story

From Hokkien 出 (chhut, “to produce or make”) + pattern.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.