laistaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• duck noun A web-footed water bird, often kept domestically or hunted.
• evade verb To cleverly avoid or escape something, such as a person, question, or duty.
• shrink verb To become or make smaller.
• truant noun A student who stays away from school without permission.

Senses

laistaa is used for these senses in English:

• cop out (idiomatic) To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
• duck (transitive, figurative) To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility.
• evade (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
• shrink (intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.
• truant (intransitive) Also used with the impersonal pronoun it (dated) : to shirk or wander from business or duty; (specifically) of a student: to be absent from school without permission; to play truant.
• underplay (transitive, card games) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.

duck — full definition

1. noun A web-footed water bird, often kept domestically or hunted.
2. verb To lower the head or body quickly to avoid being hit.
3. verb To avoid or evade a task, question, or responsibility.
4. noun (British, informal) A term of endearment for a friend or stranger.

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