kerjätä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beg verb To ask urgently for something, often money, food, or a favor.
- fish noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
- panhandle noun A narrow strip of land belonging to a larger territory that juts out on a map, resembling the handle of a pan.
- tap noun A fitting on a pipe or container that controls the flow of a liquid or gas.
Senses
kerjätä is used for these senses in English:
- beg (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- beg (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
- fish (intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.
- panhandle (intransitive, US) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person.
- tap (informal) To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.
beg — full definition
- verb To ask urgently for something, often money, food, or a favor.
- verb To plead earnestly with someone, especially to be forgiven or spared.
fish — full definition
- noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
- noun The flesh of such an animal, eaten as food.
- verb To try to catch fish.
- verb To search for or try to obtain something indirectly, often through hints or probing questions.