piestä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- batter verb To hit something or someone repeatedly and violently.
- clobber verb To hit or defeat someone or something forcefully and decisively.
- flog verb To whip or beat someone as a punishment.
- paddle noun A short pole with a broad blade at one or both ends, used to propel and steer a small boat.
- 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.
- stomp verb To step down heavily and forcefully, often out of anger.
- 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.
- whoop noun A loud shout of joy or excitement.
Senses
piestä is used for these senses in English:
- batter To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- beat to a pulp (transitive) To beat up (a person) more than usually severely.
- beat to a pulp (transitive, colloquial, loosely) To defeat severely in various, even non-contact, competitive sports.
- belabour (transitive) To beat or thump (someone) soundly.
- brutalise (transitive) To inflict brutal violence on.
- clobber (transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
- flog (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
- kick ass (stative, idiomatic, US, Canada, colloquial, vulgar) To be very impressive.
batter — full definition
- verb To hit something or someone repeatedly and violently.
- noun A liquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk used in baking or to coat food before frying.
- noun In cricket or baseball, the player at bat.
clobber — full definition
- verb To hit or defeat someone or something forcefully and decisively.
- verb To overwrite data unintentionally, especially in computing.
- noun British informal term for clothing or belongings.