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забивати

Pronunciation: [zɐbeˈʋate]

“забивати” is a Ukrainian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to beat in, to drive in, to hammer in, to bang in, to ram in (to insert with blows: nail, post, stake, wedge, etc.)
  2. to score, to bang in (:goal)
  3. to board up, to nail shut, to nail up
  4. to cram, to fill
  5. to block up, to clog, to clog up, to obstruct, to stop up
  6. to bang (to hit hard: own body part against something)
  7. to kill
  8. to butcher, to kill, to slaughter (:animal for food)
  9. to beat back, to stifle (:feeling, sound, etc.)
  10. to beat out, to put out, to stamp out (to extinguish: fire)
  11. to force its way in (through cracks, gaps, etc.)

Etymology

From заби́ти (zabýty) + -ва́ти (-váty). Compare Russian забива́ть (zabivátʹ), Belarusian забіва́ць (zabivácʹ), Polish zabijać.

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