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валити

Pronunciation: [ʋɐˈɫɪte]

“валити” is a Ukrainian word. Its 14 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to topple, to bring down, to knock down
  2. to fell, to cut down, to chop down (trees)
  3. to kill
  4. to demolish, to knock down
  5. to pile up, to heap up
  6. to pile on/onto, to overload (with), to overburden (with)
  7. to shift the blame/responsibility onto
  8. to make student fail an exam on purpose (usually by asking questions a student would likely not be able to answer)
  9. to flock, to swarm, to crowd through (to go somewhere in large numbers; to move in a crowd)
  10. to fall (of heavy snow)
  11. to come out, to rise (of thick smoke)
  12. to leave, to flee, to run away
  13. get lost, piss off, get out of here
  14. to go, to be off to

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian вали́ти (valíti), from Old East Slavic валити (valiti), from Proto-Slavic *valiti.

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