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colpire — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • affect verb To influence or make a difference to something.
  • bang noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
  • beat verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
  • flabbergast verb To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner.
  • hammer noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
  • hit verb To strike someone or something, often forcefully.
  • impact noun The force of one object striking another; a collision.
  • pound noun The main unit of currency in the United Kingdom, and a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (about 454 grams).
  • slap noun A quick blow with the open hand.
  • smite verb (literary) To strike hard, especially with a weapon or divine power.
  • strike verb To hit someone or something, often forcefully.
  • thump noun A heavy blow, or the dull sound it makes.
  • whack verb To hit something hard and sharply.
  • whoop noun A loud shout of joy or excitement.

Senses

colpire is used for these senses in English:

  • affect (transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
  • bang (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
  • beat (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
  • blow away (transitive, idiomatic, US) To flabbergast; to impress greatly.
  • flabbergast (transitive) To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner. [from late 18th c.]
  • hammer To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
  • hit (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
  • pound (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.

affect — full definition

  1. verb To influence or make a difference to something.
  2. verb To pretend to have or feel a quality; to put on.

bang — full definition

  1. noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
  2. verb To hit something hard, often producing a loud noise.
  3. noun In plural, a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead (chiefly US).

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