podszczypać
Polish
editEtymology
editFrom pod- + szczypać. First attested in 1925.[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editpodszczypać pf (imperfective podszczypywać)
- (transitive, colloquial) to pinch (to sneakily squeeze someone's skin to show one's interest) [+ w (accusative) = what part of the body]
- Synonym: podszczypnąć
- (transitive, colloquial, of animals) to hold lightly ine one's maw as a sign of play or aggress (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) [+ w (accusative) = what part of the body] [+ za (accusative) = by what]
- Synonym: podszczypnąć
- (transitive, colloquial) to rip off (to tear a bit of something off with one's teeth or fingers)
- Synonym: podszczypnąć
- (transitive, colloquial, of one's skin) to sting (to be a place where one senses stinging or temporary burning)
- Synonym: podszczypnąć
- (transitive, colloquial) to sting (to cause a short sensation of stinging, burning pain)
- Synonym: podszczypnąć
- (transitive, colloquial) to sting (to hurt emotionally by criticizing)
- Synonym: podszczypnąć
- (transitive, obsolete, rare) to pinch from underneath; to pinch from the bottom of something
- Synonym: podszczypnąć
Conjugation
editReferences
editFurther reading
edit- podszczypać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- podszczypać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- podszczypać in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego