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tepmek

Pronunciation: /tepˈmek/

“tepmek” is a Turkish word. Its 12 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to kick, especially for an animal
  2. to tread on, trample (something)
  3. to decline, turn down, reject (something); to throw away (an opportunity, a chance)
  4. (for a gun) to kick, recoil.
  5. to reappear
  6. to beat
  7. to tuck something into a hole
  8. to trample
  9. to hide
  10. (for a cow) to not give milk
  11. to clean off feather or hair by beating them
  12. to dig

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تپمك (tepmek, “to kick, dance”), دپمك (depmek), from Old Anatolian Turkish دپمك (depmek), from Proto-Turkic *tep-. Related to Old Turkic [script needed] (tep-, “to hit, kick”).

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