Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic or possibly related to Bulgarian би́я (bíja, to beat).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbit͡sɐm]
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Verb

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би́цам (bícam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective би́цна) (colloquial)

  1. (transitive) to pop, to poke, to press
  2. (figurative) to make noise with one's cheeks
  3. (dialectal) to suckle noisily (of baby)
    Synonyms: боза́я (bozája), су́ча (súča)

Usage notes

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Could also refer to a children's game, called битанка, whose goal is to make a stick bounce from the ground and flip itself in the air (around its center of gravity). The tossing of the stick is called би́цане.

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