slå
Pronunciation: /sloː/
“slå” is a Swedish word. Its 15 meanings in English:
verb
- to hit, punch or beat (someone); to give a blow.
- to strike; to hit, especially with some kind of tool.
- to strike
- to defeat; to win against; to beat
- to break a record
- to become a hit, to become very popular
- to throw a die
- to pour
- to capture, to take one of the opponent's pieces out of play
- to tie or form a (often figurative) knot
- to cut, to mow (with a scythe)
- to run, look up (a search or similar)
- to enter, add, ring up (into a cash register)
- to finalize, check out (a transaction)
noun
- a beam
Etymology
From Old Swedish slā, from Old Norse slá, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”).
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