pieksää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beat verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
- lambaste verb To criticize someone very strongly and angrily.
- lick verb To pass the tongue over something.
- Pan noun A wide, shallow metal container used for cooking food over heat.
- pelt noun The skin of an animal, especially with the fur or hair still attached.
- thrash verb To beat someone severely, or to defeat an opponent decisively.
Senses
pieksää is used for these senses in English:
- beat (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- lambaste (dated in UK English but not US English) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.
- lick (colloquial, dated) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
- pan (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
- pelt (archaic, except, Britain, dialectal) To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
- thrash To beat mercilessly.
beat — full definition
- verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
- verb To mix ingredients rapidly, usually with a whisk or spoon.
- noun A regular rhythmic pulse, especially in music.
- noun A journalist's or police officer's regular area of responsibility or patrol.
- adj Informal: completely exhausted.
lambaste — full definition
- verb To criticize someone very strongly and angrily.
- verb To hit someone hard and repeatedly.
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