habhab

Onomatopoeic or from Hokkien [script needed] (sàp-sàp, “term used to describe improper way of eating, like a pig”). Compare Tagalog sabsab, Tagalog habhab, Cebuano sibsib.

• Hyphenation: hab‧hab

habhab

1. to gobble; to eat hastily or greedily; to scoff
2. to pig out

Compare sabsab.

• Hyphenation: hab‧hab
• IPA^(key): /habˈhab/, [hɐbˈhab]

habháb

1. voracious and noisy eating peculiar to pigs, dogs, etc.

   Synonyms: sabsab, hakhak, lablab, laklak, pagsabsab

2. biting in the manner of a toothless person (as if with one's lips)

   Synonyms: ngabngab, pagngabngab, kabkab

3. violent attack by a quadruped animal (snout first, especially of pigs or dogs)

   Synonym: sibasib

4. pig feed

   Synonyms: kaning-baboy, kakaning-baboy

5. unpolished rice; husked rice not yet cleaned

   Synonym: pinawa

6. a type of pancit noodle dish

habháb

1. unpolished (of rice)

   Synonym: di-luba

• “habhab”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018