vetäisy — meaning in English

English meaning

• saccade noun A rapid movement of the eye (either voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another. (Often described as a jerky movement, but this word denotes all such quick eye movements, which happen continually, not just exaggerated or weird ones, and not nystagmus.)
• yank verb To pull something suddenly and forcefully.

Senses

vetäisy is used for these senses in English:

• saccade The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
• yank A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).

saccade — full definition

1. noun A rapid movement of the eye (either voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another. (Often described as a jerky movement, but this word denotes all such quick eye movements, which happen continually, not just exaggerated or weird ones, and not nystagmus.)
2. noun The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
3. noun The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.
4. noun Any sudden jerking movement.

yank — full definition

1. verb To pull something suddenly and forcefully.
2. noun Informal (often outside the US), a term for an American, especially one from the northern states.

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