prata — English Dictionary

Noun

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

   Usage

   • Singapore
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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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[…].

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

Verb

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

   Usage

   • Singapore
   • Intransitive
   • Slang
   • Transitive

   Examples

   With all this roti-prataing still can trust not?

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