zuschlagen

Definitions

• (intransitive) to avail oneself of one’s muscular power and direct it to a striking face
• (intransitive) to take one’s chance, to commence to act provided the sudden opportunity
• (transitive) to slam, to whack in such a fashion that it is afterwards closed
• (transitive) by continuous strikes or blows with an instrument achieve that a thing is afterwards sealed or locked
• (ditransitive) to give the knock on to, to distribute to, to whack, to pronounce to belong to, to add to how much someone or somebody is worth
• (ditransitive) by smacking achieve that a thing instantaneously moves somewhither, to hit and thus pass to