sysätä — meaning in English

English meaning

• plunk noun A short, flat sound, like a plucked instrument string or something dropping onto 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 short, flat sound, like a plucked instrument string or something dropping onto a surface.
2. noun A blow or hit, often a heavy one.
3. noun A considerable amount 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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