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międlić

//ˈmjɛn.dlit͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to scutch, to swingle (to beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks)
  2. 2.
    colloquialto crumple, to rumple (to press into wrinkles)
  3. 3.
    colloquialto belabour, to harp on (to discuss something unduly or repeatedly)
  4. 4.
    colloquialto mumble (to speak unintelligibly or inaudibly)
  5. 5.
    colloquialto mumble (to chew something gently with closed lips)

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • międlak
  • międlarka
  • międlarnia
  • międlica
  • międliwo
  • przemiędlić
  • wymiędlić
  • zmiędlić

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mędliti. By surface analysis, miąć + -dło + -ić.

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