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poikki — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • across prep From one side of something to the other.
  • athwart adv From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
  • cut verb To divide or open something using a sharp tool such as a knife or scissors.
  • exhausted adj Extremely tired, with no energy left.
  • knackered adj Extremely tired or worn out.
  • shot noun The firing of a gun, or the result of firing it.
  • stuffed adjective Filled tightly, especially with a food filling.

Senses

poikki is used for these senses in English:

  • across From one side to the other.
  • across (Southern US, AAVE) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
  • across From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
  • athwart From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
  • athwart From one side to the other side of; across.
  • exhausted Very tired; zonked (out).
  • knackered (UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang, sometimes, offensive) Tired or exhausted.
  • shot Tired, weary.

across — full definition

  1. prep From one side of something to the other.
  2. prep On the opposite side of.
  3. adv From one side to the other; to the opposite side.

athwart — full definition

  1. adv From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
  2. adv Across the path of something, so as to impede progress.
  3. adv Against the anticipated or appropriate course of something; improperly, perversely, wrongly.

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