sapu

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Singapore/ˈsɑ.puː/

verb

to eat up

OriginMalay sapu →
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Meanings

verbsapu (third-person singular simple present sapus, present participle sapuing, simple past and past participle sapued)

present singular third person sapus · participle present sapuing · participle past sapued · past sapued

  1. Singlishcolloquialto eat up

    I liked to sapu everything.

    2004 June 6, “Beancurd made me fat”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 31
  2. Singlishcolloquialto steal

Origin

  1. Malaysapu
  2. Englishsapu

Borrowed from Malay sapu.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

supaApusApsuupas
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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