Korean

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Etymology

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Perhaps corrupted from a Jeolla dialect form, probably influenced by 허겁지겁 (heogeopjigeop).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heobeoheobeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heobeoheobeo
McCune–Reischauer?hŏbŏhŏbŏ
Yale Romanization?hepehepe

Ideophone

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허버허버 (heobeoheobeo)

  1. (Internet slang, humorous, sometimes derogatory) while gobbling ravenously
  2. (Internet slang, humorous, sometimes derogatory) quickly, urgently