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tulak

Pronunciation: /ˈtulak/

“tulak” is a Tagalog word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. push; shove
  2. departure of trains, buses, boats, etc.
  3. something pushed or shoved (by someone)
  4. pusher; drug dealer
  5. result of a game where the banker's loss is bigger than the winnings collected (in monte or sakla)
  6. amount paid by a banker in excess of the winnings collected in the game

adjective

  1. pushed; shoved
  2. forced (as by circumstances)
  3. with a banker paying more than the winnings collected

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulak (cf. Malay tolak). Sense 3, semantic loan from English pusher.

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