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Etymology

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болва́н (bolván) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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болва́нка (bolvánkaf inan (genitive болва́нки, nominative plural болва́нки, genitive plural болва́нок)

  1. pig, ingot, blank, block of wood, etc., serving as raw material for some product.
  2. hat block, wig block, blockhead
  3. (military) solid projectile (either armor-piercing or used as a proof shot); penetrator round; shot
  4. draft outline, outline
  5. (Wikimedia jargon) stub
  6. (office slang) template, boilerplate
  7. stupid woman, dummy
  8. (computing slang) a blank CD-R /DVD-R / DVD+R etc. disk, or other blank optical media for burning data onto it

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