Meanings
- MalaysiaSingaporeinformalTo go out on a date with someone whom one is romantically involved with.
Some youngsters paktor with girlfriends also stroll slowly across the roads.
1998 November 7, tcbeez, “Eyes sore at traffic light junction”, in soc.culture.singapore (Usenet)5 more examples
He adds that he goes there with his children once every two months. "A lot of memories. First time I paktor (dated) with my wife was there."
1994 November 20, “The scattering of Satay Club”, in The Straits Times (Leisure), page 32When Miss Doris Low and Mr Bobby Chua were 'paktor-ing' (dating) they ate at the carpark stalls at least twice a week.
2004 July 10, “Nostalgia? More like costalgia' to me”, in The New Paper (Singapore), page 10Spending time with the family will always be important. We want to paktor (meaning "go dating" in Cantonese) too.
2014 June 11, “Having a backup fund for retirement”, in My Paper(Singapore), page A18My wife joins me whenever I train, so it's our time to paktor ("go dating" in Cantonese).
2015 May 5, “DOING GOOD IN THE LONG RUN”, in The New Paper (Singapore), page 17That shares the spotlight with Lautner, who plays Cam, a bicycle courier looking to "paktor" (Cantonese slang for "court") with parkour hottie Nikki (Marie Avgeropoulos).
2015 February 27, “Parkour caper is purely a star vehicle for Lautner”, in The Business Times (Singapore), page 37
Origin
- Cantonese拍拖“to date, or be dating someone”
- Englishpaktor
Borrowed from Cantonese 拍拖 (paak³ to¹, “to date, or be dating someone”).
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