hätkähtää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- jump verb To push off the ground with your legs so your whole body leaves the surface briefly.
- recoil verb To jerk or pull back suddenly, especially from fear, disgust, or shock.
- start verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.
- startle verb To give someone a sudden shock or fright, usually without real danger.
- twitch noun A small, sudden, often involuntary movement of a muscle.
Senses
hätkähtää is used for these senses in English:
- jump (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- recoil To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment. [from 16th c.]
- start (transitive) To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.
- startle (intransitive) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
- twitch (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
jump — full definition
- verb To push off the ground with your legs so your whole body leaves the surface briefly.
- verb To increase suddenly and sharply.
- verb To react with a sudden, involuntary start, usually from fright or surprise.
- noun An act of jumping, or a sudden increase.
recoil — full definition
- verb To jerk or pull back suddenly, especially from fear, disgust, or shock.
- noun The backward kick of a gun when it is fired.
- noun A sudden backward movement or a shrinking away.