Bahasa Melayu

buak

Bahasa Melayu

English

effervescence, squirt out

A sudden spurt or fizzing out of liquid or gas.

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Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Air buak keluar dari paip yang rosak.

    Water squirted out from the broken pipe.

  2. Soda itu berbuih kerana buak gas.

    The soda foamed because of the gas fizzing out.

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buak

It refers to fizzing or spurting out.

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.