тормошить

Russian edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

тормоши́ть (tormošítʹimpf (perfective растормоши́ть)

  1. to pull (at, about)
  2. to tug/shake in order to awake, to wake up by tugging/shaking
  3. to bother, to pester, to worry, to give no peace
  4. to stir up, to spur/awake to activity

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тормошить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress