młócić
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *moltiti, from *moltъ (“hammer”). Cognate with Polish młot (“hammer”), Latin malleus (“hammer”) (per Julius Pokorny).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmłócić impf (perfective namłócić or zmłócić)
- (transitive) to thresh
- Kombajn ścina i młóci zboże. ― The combine (combine harvester) cuts and threshes the grain.
- (colloquial, transitive) to thrash, to pommel
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bić
- (transitive) to beat (to hit or strike repeatedly)
- 2006, Tomasz Pacyński, Smokobójca[1], SAGA Egmont, archived from the original on 2024-08-29:
- I tak czuł się, jakby ktoś go wrzucił do worka, a potem młócił kijem.
- And he felt like someone had thrown him in a sack and then beaten him with a cane.
- 2011, Wojciech Zembady, Koniec pieśni[2], Znak, archived from the original on 2024-08-29:
- Poczuł, że opada na dno [rzeki], i wtedy jakaś siła porwała go w górę. [...] Z nowymi siłami zerwał się do walki. Młócił wodę gwałtownymi ruchami, zbliżając się do zbawczego brzegu.
- He felt that he was sinking to the bottom [of the river], and then some force pulled him upward. ... He began to struggle with new strength. He beat at the water with abrupt motions, approaching the riverbank which would save him.
- 2021, Tomasz Betcher, Szeptun[3], Wydawnictwo WAB, archived from the original on 2024-08-29:
- Wielki wentylator bezskutecznie młócił powietrze.
- A large fan was beating the air ineffectually.
- 2023, Demet Altınyeleklioğlu, translated by Agnieszka Erdoğan, Hatidże: Tajemnicy dworu sułtana[4], Empik, archived from the original on 2024-08-29:
- Z całej siły ściągnął wodze. Koń stanął dęba i zarżał. Przez chwilę stał na tylnych nogach, szczupłymi przednimi nogami młócił powietrze przed sobą.
- He pulled the reins with his full strength. The horse reared and neighed. For a moment it stood on its hind legs and beat the air in front of it with its thin front legs.
- (transitive, colloquial) to eat quickly
- (transitive, colloquial) to hammer (talk about excessively frequently or at excessive length)
- (transitive, slang) to play a game obsessively
- Wczoraj cały dzień młóciliśmy w Counter-Strike'a. ― Yesterday, we binge-played Counter-Strike all day.
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