bakot lő

Hungarian

Etymology

From bak (“buck”) +‎ -ot (accusative suffix) +‎ lő (“to shoot”), literally “to shoot a buck”, a calque of German einen Bock schießen. Its origin in German is related to 16th century competitions organized in shooting associations where the lowest ranked shooter received a he-goat as a consolation prize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒkotløː]

Verb

bakot lő

1. (idiomatic) to blunder (to make a blunder, to make a clumsy or stupid mistake)

   Synonyms: melléfog, téved, baklövést követ el

Conjugation

• For the verb, see lő.
• The inflected noun bakot remains unchanged.