to kill
Slang term for expressing a desire to harm or kill someone or something in Jamaican Patois. This term suggests a strong intention to cause harm to the point of turning the target into a ghost, symbolized by a bat.
Patois: Mi go flick dem bat
English: I'm going to kill them
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