"anyhow whack" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2007 September 17, “Composite Functions – Anyhow Whack Time!”, in exampaper.com.sg:",
          "text": "Miss Loi always tells her students not to anyhow whack, stay calm and know thy approach before attempting each question.",
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          "ref": "2017 August 25, Toh Ee Ming, quoting Christine Lee, “Self-control, group support help diabetic patients to manage disease”, in Today, Mediacorp Publications, archived from the original on 2024-09-19:",
          "text": "She also makes it her personal mission to advocate healthy eating to strangers she shares a table with at food courts. “(I do so because) I feel sorry for them. I used to be like them, ‘anyhow eat, anyhow whack’, never thinking of the consequences. Some will thank me, but some laugh it off,” she said.",
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          "ref": "2021 July 20, anonymous author, “How do durian sellers determine the prices of the different varieties?”, in seedly.sg:",
          "text": "Imo some durians look the same. Today MSW $18, tomorrow it's $20. How do sellers decide the price? Like anyhow whack one.",
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        "To do something hastily or randomly without real consideration or planning."
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        "(Singapore, Singlish) To do something hastily or randomly without real consideration or planning."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛnihaʊ ˈwæk/",
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          "text": "Miss Loi always tells her students not to anyhow whack, stay calm and know thy approach before attempting each question.",
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