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кача́ться — meaning in English

kachatsya

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English meaning

  • bob verb To move up and down repeatedly, especially near the surface of water.
  • dangle verb To hang loosely, swinging freely.
  • lift verb To raise something to a higher position.
  • oscillate verb To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
  • rock noun A hard natural mineral material, or a piece of it such as a stone or boulder.
  • sway verb To move slowly and rhythmically from side to side.
  • swing verb To move back and forth or in a circular path while hanging from a fixed point.
  • teeter verb To tilt back and forth on an edge.
  • totter verb To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
  • vacillate verb To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.
  • wobble verb To move unsteadily from side to side, rocking rather than moving smoothly.

Senses

кача́ться is used for these senses in English:

  • bob (intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
  • dangle (intransitive) To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
  • dangle (transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.
  • lift (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
  • oscillate (intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
  • rock (transitive, and, intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
  • rock (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
  • sway (transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.

bob — full definition

  1. verb To move up and down repeatedly, especially near the surface of water.
  2. noun A short haircut where the hair is cut evenly around the head, roughly to jaw or shoulder length.
  3. noun British informal: a shilling, or more generally a small amount of money.

dangle — full definition

  1. verb To hang loosely, swinging freely.
  2. verb To offer something as an enticing possibility.

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