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paiskata — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bang noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
  • cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  • dash verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
  • deliver verb To bring or take something to its intended destination.
  • hurl verb To throw something with great force.
  • precipitate verb To cause something to happen suddenly, often before it is ready to.
  • slam verb To shut something with sudden force and a loud noise.
  • thwack verb To hit someone or something hard, especially with something flat like a stick or bat.
  • whip noun A flexible rod or braided cord, often of leather, used to strike an animal or person, or to make a sharp cracking noise.

Senses

paiskata is used for these senses in English:

  • bang (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
  • cast To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
  • dash (transitive) To throw violently.
  • dash (transitive, dated) To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.
  • deliver To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
  • hurl (transitive) To throw (something) with force.
  • precipitate (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
  • slam (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.

bang — full definition

  1. noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
  2. verb To hit something hard, often producing a loud noise.
  3. noun In plural, a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead (chiefly US).

cast — full definition

  1. verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  2. verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
  3. verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
  4. noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
  5. noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.

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