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підбивати

Pronunciation: [pʲidbeˈʋate]

“підбивати” is a Ukrainian word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to nail/fasten from below
  2. to line (to cover the inner surface of, to furnish with a lining: garment, etc.)
  3. to hit/kick from below
  4. to push up, to nudge upward (:headwear, hair)
  5. to toss up (to throw something upwards: loose items)
  6. to plump up, to fluff up (to shake or arrange so as to be fatter or more evenly distributed: pillow, etc.)
  7. to put up to, to instigate (to encourage or incite to action)
  8. to knock over, to knock down
  9. to subjugate
  10. 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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