трепать

Russian

verb
Definitions
  • (flax etc) to scutch, to swingle
  • to pull about, to blow about, to flutter, to tousle
  • (colloquial) to wear out, to fray, to tear
  • to pat
  • to beat up, to maul, to pummel
  • to give a hard life/time
  • to mention too often, to make too many references (to), to hackney

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic трепати inherited from Proto-Slavic *trepati.

Origin

Proto-Slavic

*trepati

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