колючка
Pronunciation: [koˈlʲut͡ʃkɐ]
“колючка” is a Ukrainian word. Its 9 meanings in English:
noun
- prickle, prick (a small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- barb (anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else)
- splinter (a long, sharp fragment of material)
- thorn (a sharp protective spine of a plant)
- spine (a pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, or plant)
- barb (a hurtful or disparaging remark)
- thorn (that which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome)
- stickleback (fish of the family Gasterosteidae, especially those of the genus Gasterosteus)
- synonym of ко́лька f (kólʹka, “colic”)
Etymology
From колю́чий (koljúčyj) + -ка (-ka).
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