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veto

Pronunciation: /ˈʋeto/

“veto” is a Finnish word. Its 15 meanings in English:

noun

  1. pull (act of pulling)
  2. pull (attractive force)
  3. draught, draft (current of [cold] air)
  4. draught, draft (in the flue of a fireplace, stove, or similar)
  5. stroke (single movement with a tool; of hand, oar, brush, etc.)
  6. shot, kick (an aimed shot at the goal in a ball game)
  7. move, as in a game or similar
  8. spurt, sprint (sudden brief rise in activity, etc.)
  9. winding (mechanical energy stored in a wound coil in a clockwork or other mechanism)
  10. energy, winding, steam
  11. traction (mechanically applied sustained pull)
  12. drive (mechanism used to power a vehicle)
  13. trace (on a printed circuit board)
  14. bet, wager (an instance of making a bet)
  15. veto

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veto, equivalent to vetää (“to pull”) + -o.

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