podszczypać
Appearance
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pod- + szczypać. First attested in 1925.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]podszczypać pf (imperfective podszczypywać)
- (transitive, colloquial) to pinch (to sneakily squeeze someone's skin to show one's interest) [with 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?) [with w (+ accusative) ‘what part of the body’] [with 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
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- podszczypać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- podszczypać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- podszczypać in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego