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liuku — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • coaster noun A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
  • skid noun An uncontrolled sliding movement, as when a vehicle's wheels lose grip.
  • slide verb To move smoothly along a surface while staying in contact with it.
  • sliding adj Designed or able to move smoothly along a track or surface.

Senses

liuku is used for these senses in English:

  • coaster Something that coasts or is used to coast.
  • skid An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
  • slide The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
  • slide (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
  • sliding Designed or able to slide.

coaster — full definition

  1. noun A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
  2. noun A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters.
  3. noun A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.
  4. noun Ellipsis of coaster trout (“the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Lake Superior and Maine”).

skid — full definition

  1. noun An uncontrolled sliding movement, as when a vehicle's wheels lose grip.
  2. verb To slide sideways or out of control, typically due to loss of traction.

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