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tæve

“tæve” is a Danish word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. bitch (female canine, spiteful woman)
  2. slut (sexually promiscuous woman)
  3. in the phrase på tæven (“box on the ear”)

verb

  1. to thrash, to beat up (to beat mercilessly)
  2. to beat, thrash (to defeat in a competition)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch teve or Middle Low German teve. Cognate of Dutch teef. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tibō-.

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