tyrmätä — meaning in English
Finnish → English · translate English → Finnish instead
English meaning
- flatten verb To make something flat or level.
- knock verb To strike something, especially a door, sharply with the knuckles or an object.
- ko noun In the board game Go, a repeating capture situation where a single stone could be taken back and forth forever, so special rules stop it.
- stun verb To knock someone senseless or make them lose awareness, often with a blow or shock.
Senses
tyrmätä is used for these senses in English:
- KO (transitive, boxing) To knock someone out; to render someone unconscious.
- flatten (transitive) To knock down or lay low.
- knock (transitive, colloquial, originally, US) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
- knock out (transitive, idiomatic) To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
- set aside (transitive) To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.
- stun (transitive) To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
- throw cold water on (transitive, idiomatic) (of an achievement, emotion, idea, suggestion, etc.) To belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk.
flatten — full definition
- verb To make something flat or level.
- verb To knock something or someone down completely.
- verb To press one's body against a surface, usually to hide or avoid something.
knock — full definition
- verb To strike something, especially a door, sharply with the knuckles or an object.
- verb To criticize someone or something.
- noun A sharp rapping sound, or a blow or setback.