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péter — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blow verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  • bust verb To break something, especially by force.
  • conk verb To hit someone, especially on the head.
  • poof intj Used to represent a sudden small explosion or a magical vanishing.
  • stuff noun Miscellaneous items, belongings, or unspecified material.

Senses

péter is used for these senses in English:

  • blow off (intransitive) To let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose.
  • break wind (idiomatic, euphemistic) To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart.
  • conk (colloquial, often, with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down.
  • poof (intransitive) To break wind; to fart.
  • stuff (transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
  • stuff (transitive, British, Australia, New Zealand) To break; to destroy.

blow — full definition

  1. verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  2. verb To explode or shatter suddenly, or to cause something to do so.
  3. verb (informal) To waste or squander, especially money or an opportunity.
  4. noun A hard hit or strike.
  5. noun A sudden shock or setback.

bust — full definition

  1. verb To break something, especially by force.
  2. verb To catch someone doing something wrong or illegal, or to arrest them.
  3. noun A sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.
  4. noun A woman's breasts, or the measurement around them.
  5. adjective Broke; without any money.

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