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клепам

Pronunciation: [ˈklɛpɐm]

“клепам” is a Bulgarian word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to open and close some aperture repeatedly (e.g. of a brass instrument)
  2. to blink, to wink (with eyes)
  3. to clang, to rap, to chime (to make noise by hitting something)
  4. to smith, to mold hot iron
  5. to toil, to botch up some task
  6. to scold, to rebuke, to malign
  7. to tell someone's secrets
  8. to badmouth, to stain one's reputation
  9. to wade, to trample along a coarse terrain
  10. to trudge, to walk slowly, tiredly

Etymology

Probably derived from Proto-Slavic *klepati (“to clap, to smack”) via semantic shift.

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