prata

1. SingaporeuncountableSynonym of roti prata (a type fried flatbread that is cooked over a flat grill)

   A trio upset with a cook who had denied them free prata slashed him with a knife and left him with a deep wound.

   2019 April 5, Shaffiq Alkhatib, “Man jailed over attack on prata cook”, in The Straits Times, Singapore

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   The fact that these guys were cocky enough to not merely name this snack a perfectly acceptable prata and curry, but egg prata with fish curry, made us quite certain[…].

   2018 September 5, Florence Fong, “Egg Prata With Fish Curry Potato Chips Taste Test: Nice Or Not?”, in Today, Singapore, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2019

   Synonyms: roti prata

present singular third person pratas · participle present prataing · participle past prataed · past prataed

1. SingaporeintransitiveslangtransitiveTo change one's position repeatedly, vacillate, flip-flop (following the repeated flipping when making prata).

   With all this roti-prataing still can trust not?

   2025 March 15, Instagram

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   I have no issue with them flip-flopping, or in local parlance, roti-prataing. It's a fluid situation, which demands fluid solutions.

   2020, Reddit