підбивати
Pronunciation: [pʲidbeˈʋate]
“підбивати” is a Ukrainian word. Its 10 meanings in English:
verb
- to nail/fasten from below
- to line (to cover the inner surface of, to furnish with a lining: garment, etc.)
- to hit/kick from below
- to push up, to nudge upward (:headwear, hair)
- to toss up (to throw something upwards: loose items)
- to plump up, to fluff up (to shake or arrange so as to be fatter or more evenly distributed: pillow, etc.)
- to put up to, to instigate (to encourage or incite to action)
- to knock over, to knock down
- to subjugate
- to sum up, to tot up, to reckon up
Etymology
From підби́ти (pidbýty) + -ва́ти (-váty). Compare Russian подбива́ть (podbivátʹ), Belarusian падбіва́ць (padbivácʹ), Polish podbijać.
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