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забити

Pronunciation: [zɐˈbɪte]

“забити” is a Ukrainian word. Its 14 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 take (:piece, card, etc.)
  10. to beat back, to stifle (:feeling, sound, etc.)
  11. to beat out, to put out, to stamp out (to extinguish: fire)
  12. to force its way in (through cracks, gaps, etc.)
  13. to start beating, to start pounding
  14. to stop caring

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zabiti. By surface analysis, за- (za-, prefix) + би́ти (býty, imperfective verb). Compare Russian заби́ть (zabítʹ), Belarusian забі́ць (zabícʹ), Polish zabić.

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