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odymać

//ɔˈdɘ.mat͡ɕ/ | /ɔˈdɨ.mat͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to pursel; to pout (to move one's lips forward and slightly turn them out)
  2. 2.
    to puff; to frown (to express one's dissatisfaction by increasing the volume of the cheeks or by shaping one's lips in a characteristic way)
  3. 3.
    to purse; to pout (to move forward and slightly turn out)
  4. 4.
    to swell (to extend due to inflation)
  5. 5.
    obsoleteto show off, to flaunt oneself

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • wydymać
  • wydąć się
  • wzdymać się
  • gniewać się

Etymology

From odąć + -ać.Halina Zgółkowa, editor (1994–2005), “odymać”, in Praktyczny słownik współczesnej polszczyzny, volumes 1–50, Poznań: Wydawnictwo Kurpisz, →ISBN First attested in 1522. Compare Silesian ôdymać.

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