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kıvırmak

Pronunciation: /kɯ.vɯɾˈmak/

“kıvırmak” is a Turkish word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to curl, to twist
  2. to twist, to fold from a corner
  3. to dance by shaking one's hips
  4. to make up
  5. to deflect
  6. to achieve, succeed
  7. to swindle
  8. to skip, dodge, loaf, evade

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قیورمق (kıvırmak, kıvurmak), from Proto-Turkic *kïbur-.

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