läimäyttää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cuff noun The end part of a sleeve or pant leg, often folded or fastened around the wrist or ankle.
- slam verb To shut something with sudden force and a loud noise.
- slap noun A quick blow with the open hand.
- smash noun The loud sound of a violent collision or impact.
- spank verb To strike someone, usually a child, on the buttocks with an open hand as punishment.
- swat verb To hit something sharply and quickly, especially an insect.
- thwack verb To hit someone or something hard, especially with something flat like a stick or bat.
- whack verb To hit something hard and sharply.
Senses
läimäyttää is used for these senses in English:
- cuff (transitive) To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
- slam (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
- slam (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
- slam (ambitransitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
- slap (transitive) To give a slap to.
- smash (transitive) To hit extremely hard.
- spank (transitive) To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.
- swat (transitive) To beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit.
cuff — full definition
- noun The end part of a sleeve or pant leg, often folded or fastened around the wrist or ankle.
- noun Informal word for a handcuff.
- verb To put handcuffs on someone.
- verb Slang: to become exclusively involved in a romantic relationship, especially in colder months.
slam — full definition
- verb To shut something with sudden force and a loud noise.
- verb To criticise someone or something harshly.
- noun A sudden loud impact or forceful closing.
- noun (bridge) A bid to win all or nearly all the tricks in a hand.