kurppa — meaning in English

English meaning

• bag noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
• snipe noun A long-billed wading bird found in marshes and wetlands.
• woodcock noun A plump wading bird with a long, slender bill and mottled brown feathers, found in woodland and marshes.

Senses

kurppa is used for these senses in English:

• bag (derogatory) An ugly woman.
• snipe Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
• woodcock Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.

bag — full definition

1. noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
2. verb To put something into a bag, or more broadly, to succeed in getting or catching something.

snipe — full definition

1. noun A long-billed wading bird found in marshes and wetlands.
2. verb To shoot at someone from a hidden position.
3. verb To make sly, critical remarks about someone, often from a safe distance.
4. verb To place a last-second bid in an online auction to beat other bidders.

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