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
- verb To move up and down repeatedly, especially near the surface of water.
- noun A short haircut where the hair is cut evenly around the head, roughly to jaw or shoulder length.
- noun British informal: a shilling, or more generally a small amount of money.
dangle — full definition
- verb To hang loosely, swinging freely.
- verb To offer something as an enticing possibility.