tuhlata — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blow verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
- idle adj Not working, active, or in use.
- lavish adj Given, spent, or produced in great and often extravagant abundance.
- splurge verb To spend money freely and extravagantly.
- squander verb To waste money, time, or an opportunity carelessly.
- wanton adj Deliberately careless or cruel, showing no regard for consequences or morality.
- waste noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.
Senses
tuhlata is used for these senses in English:
- idle (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
- lavish (transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
- splash out (colloquial, ambitransitive) To spend a lot of money on something desired but not necessary.
- splurge (ambitransitive) To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money. [from 1911]
- squander To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
- wanton (intransitive) To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
- waste (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
blow — full definition
- verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
- verb To explode or shatter suddenly, or to cause something to do so.
- verb (informal) To waste or squander, especially money or an opportunity.
- noun A hard hit or strike.
- noun A sudden shock or setback.
idle — full definition
- adj Not working, active, or in use.
- adj Lazy or unwilling to work.
- verb Of an engine, to run slowly while not driving anything, such as a car sitting still with the motor on.
- verb To pass time doing nothing productive.