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meter

Pronunciation: /meˈteɾ/

“meter” is a Spanish word. Its 12 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to put in, insert
  2. to score
  3. to make (noise)
  4. to cram, stuff, stick, shove, pack
  5. to hit, to punch, to strike something hard
  6. to attempt something, to try hard
  7. to meddle, interfere, to get into
  8. to mess with someone
  9. to get into (a small space)
  10. to get into, to get in
  11. to get into a profession
  12. to do drugs

In Spanish

  1. Introducir.
  2. Pegar, golpear.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish meter, from Latin mittere (“to send”). The semantic shift from "send" to "put" probably occurred in Vulgar Latin. Cognate with English mess and also mission, message. Compare also French mettre, Friulian meti, Portuguese meter, and Italian mettere.

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