buang

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Singapore/ˈbuːaŋ/

verb

To discard or throw something out.

RareScrabble 8

Meanings

buang1

verbbuang (third-person singular simple present buangs, present participle buanging, simple past and past participle buanged)

present singular third person buangs · participle present buanging · participle past buanged · past buanged · alternative buwang

  1. SingaporecolloquialinformalTo discard or throw something out.

    I have already buanged two midterms liao.

    2010 September 28, Yoshi_fanboy, “NUS ppl lip lai”, in forum.hardwarezone.com.sg
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    The RSAF attachment in France and Australia is a very good example. If they are in Singapore, many of these RSAF wives will not bother to have babies at all. Likewise in Batam, Singapore men are known to "buang sperm" like water over there.

    2004 March 2, Kilometric, “Singapore Birth Rate”, in googlegroups

    Being the deep-thinking intellectual I am, I sat in front of my telly, contemplating certain important issues before setting out to watch the 9 o'clock show - The Champion, starring the voluptuous Fiona Xie, no-breasted Jeanette Aw, and cute Toro Tan (I don't know Toro's surname so I anyhow buang).

    2004 October 28, Xiaxue, “Blogging TV Critic!”, in blogspot.sg

    Heard the Marina IR 3 Tombstones was built exactly like tombstones to buang sway for the decision makers.

    2008 November 26, Ahleebabasingaporethief, “Govt 'may take stake in Marina IR' – shame, shame”, in sammyboy

    Soon after, two other forms came into play: “anyhow whack” and “anyhow pong”. These two terms are an improvement because they buang the whole need to remember and name the action verb itself.

    2015 August 5, Gwee Li Sui, “SinGweesh on Wednesday”, in themiddleground.sg, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2016

    Multicultural means what? Means that, if you buang Singlish, everyone will be left with his or her own thing. The Angmohs and Eurasians and jiak kentangs will talk in England.

    2015 August 9, Gwee Li Sui, “My Singlish Jubilee Wish”, in themiddleground.sg, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2015

Buang2

Origin

  1. Malaybuang“throw away, discard”
  2. Englishbuang

From Malay buang (“throw away, discard”).

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APA

buang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buang

MLA

“buang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buang. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buang,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buang.

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