viskata — meaning in English

English meaning

• flirt verb To behave in a playful, teasing way toward someone to show romantic or sexual interest.
• hurtle verb To throw something with great force.
• winnow verb To blow air through loose material such as grain so the heavier and lighter parts separate.

Senses

viskata is used for these senses in English:

• flirt (transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling. [from 16th c.]
• hurtle To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.
• winnow (transitive, agriculture, literal) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.

flirt — full definition

1. verb To behave in a playful, teasing way toward someone to show romantic or sexual interest.
2. verb To show a passing, casual interest in an idea or activity, without full commitment.
3. noun A person who flirts often.

hurtle — full definition

1. verb To throw something with great force.
2. verb To make someone or something crash hard into another person or thing, or to crash into one another this way.
3. verb To criticise or attack someone strongly, either in speech or in writing.
4. verb To move very fast and out of control, often noisily.

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