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jyskyttää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beat verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
  • dump noun A site where waste or garbage is disposed of.
  • palpitate verb Of the heart, to beat unusually fast, hard or irregularly, so that you become aware of it.
  • pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  • pound noun The main unit of currency in the United Kingdom, and a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (about 454 grams).
  • throb verb To beat or pulse strongly and repeatedly, often with pain.
  • thump noun A heavy blow, or the dull sound it makes.

Senses

jyskyttää is used for these senses in English:

  • beat (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
  • beat (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
  • dump (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To knock heavily; to stump.
  • palpitate (intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
  • pitch (ambitransitive, aviation, or, nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
  • pound (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
  • pound (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
  • throb (intransitive) To pound or beat rapidly or violently.

beat — full definition

  1. verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
  2. verb To mix ingredients rapidly, usually with a whisk or spoon.
  3. noun A regular rhythmic pulse, especially in music.
  4. noun A journalist's or police officer's regular area of responsibility or patrol.
  5. adj Informal: completely exhausted.

dump — full definition

  1. noun A site where waste or garbage is disposed of.
  2. noun (informal) An unpleasant, dirty, or run-down place.
  3. verb To get rid of or discard something, often carelessly.
  4. verb (informal) To end a romantic relationship with someone.
  5. verb (computing) To output or copy the full contents of memory, data, or a file, often for debugging.

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