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sysätä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • plunk noun A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
  • push verb To apply force to something so it moves away from you.
  • thrust noun A sudden strong push or lunge forward.

Senses

sysätä is used for these senses in English:

  • ooch (sailing) To propel a boat or sailboard by rocking one's body back and forth.
  • push (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
  • thrust (intransitive) To make advance with force.

plunk — full definition

  1. noun A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
  2. noun A (heavy) blow or hit.
  3. noun A large sum of money.

push — full definition

  1. verb To apply force to something so it moves away from you.
  2. verb To keep pressuring or persuading someone toward a course of action.
  3. verb To promote or advertise something persistently.
  4. verb To keep striving hard toward a goal.
  5. noun A short, forceful application of pressure; the act of pushing.

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