shiok

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Malaysia, Singapore[ʃjok̚]Malaysia, Singapore[-oʔ]

adjective

Delightful, pleasurable.

OriginMalay syok →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. MalaysiaSingaporecolloquialDelightful, pleasurable.

    Use condom? Then not shiok lah.

    2016, John Chan, Singlish Notebook
    3 more examples

    Shiok Mike. Let's burn his house with this Mike.

    2007, Elangovan, P, Singapore, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 51

    Ecstasy? Delicious? Pleasurable? How about just Shiok.

    2014 June 23, Jonathan Lim, “17 Singlish words that offer so much more than their English equivalents”, in Mothership.SG, Mothership, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2014

    "Women in Singapore are so beautiful", one contestant blur-blur announced. They are all so shiok!"

    2022 September 15, Dr Gwee Li Sui, The Leeter Spiaking Singlish Book 3: Loanwords, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Malaysyok“pleasing; attractive”
  2. Englishshiok

Borrowed from Malay syok (“pleasing; attractive”). Doublet of shoke. Cognate with Punjabi ਸ਼ੌਕ (śauk, “eagerness; hobby”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Koshishiko
Cite this entry
APA

shiok. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiok

MLA

“shiok.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiok. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shiok,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiok.

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