tyrkyttää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- obtrude verb To push or force something on someone, or into a place, without being asked.
- ply verb To work steadily at something, or use a tool with regular effort.
- push verb To apply force to something so it moves away from you.
- shill noun Someone paid to promote or endorse something while pretending to be an impartial customer.
- solicit verb To ask for or try to obtain something, often persistently or formally.
Senses
tyrkyttää is used for these senses in English:
- obtrude (transitive) To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area. [from 16th c.]
- ply (intransitive, nautical, obsolete) To manoeuvre a sailing vessel so that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to work to windward, to beat, to tack.
- push (transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
- push (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
- shill (pejorative, intransitive, transitive) To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly; sometimes extended sarcastically even to those not paid but strongly biased in favor.
- shove something down someone's throat (derogatory, idiomatic, transitive) To aggressively and persistently force an opinion, belief or idea upon a person (especially if they lack interest or have an opposing viewpoint).
- solicit (transitive) To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.
obtrude — full definition
- verb To push or force something on someone, or into a place, without being asked.
- verb To appear or force its way in where it is not wanted.
- verb To push yourself into a conversation or situation uninvited.
ply — full definition
- verb To work steadily at something, or use a tool with regular effort.
- verb To keep offering someone something persistently.
- verb To travel regularly along a particular route.
- noun A single layer or strand, as in wood, rope, or yarn.
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