heitellä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- flirt verb To behave in a playful, teasing way toward someone to show romantic or sexual interest.
- fluctuate verb To rise and fall irregularly in number, amount or level.
- pelt noun The skin of an animal, especially with the fur or hair still attached.
- throw verb To send an object through the air using force from your hand or arm.
Senses
heitellä is used for these senses in English:
- flirt (intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]
- fluctuate (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
- pelt Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
- throw (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- throw To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
flirt — full definition
- verb To behave in a playful, teasing way toward someone to show romantic or sexual interest.
- verb To show a passing, casual interest in an idea or activity, without full commitment.
- noun A person who flirts often.
fluctuate — full definition
- verb To rise and fall irregularly in number, amount or level.
- verb To change repeatedly between different moods, opinions or states.
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