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podszczypać

//pɔtˈʂt͡ʂɘ.pat͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    colloquialto pinch (to sneakily squeeze someone's skin to show one's interest)
  2. 2.
    colloquialto hold lightly ine one's maw as a sign of play or aggress [with w (+ accusative) ‘what part of the body’]
  3. 3.
    colloquialto rip off (to tear a bit of something off with one's teeth or fingers)
  4. 4.
    colloquialto sting (to be a place where one senses stinging or temporary burning)
  5. 5.
    colloquialto sting (to cause a short sensation of stinging, burning pain)
  6. 6.
    colloquialto sting (to hurt emotionally by criticizing)
  7. 7.
    obsoleteto pinch from underneath; to pinch from the bottom of something

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • podszczypnąć

Etymology

From pod- + szczypać. First attested in 1925.

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