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stöta

Pronunciation: /²støːta/

“stöta” is a Swedish word. Its 17 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to hit ((against) something) with a short, sharp impact; to bump, etc. (see usage notes below)
  2. to shoot (in cue sports)
  3. to crush (with a pestle or the like)
  4. to deliberate on (an issue or the like), (often) to discuss back and forth
  5. to push away, to repel (more generally, possibly at a distance)
  6. to push away, to alienate, etc.
  7. to reject (a transplant)
  8. to meet by chance; to run into, to bump into, (more idiomatic for an animal) to encounter, etc.
  9. to encounter (a thing or something more abstract); to run into, to meet with, to come across, to encounter, to hit on, etc.
  10. to hit on (someone)
  11. to thrust, to lunge (with something)
  12. to offend
  13. to upset (so as to get on bad terms with), to get on the wrong side of
  14. to be irritated by (something)
  15. to blow (on an instrument, like a horn or a trumpet)
  16. to have a particular color tint
  17. to throw, to put (the ball/shot, in shot put (kulstötning))

Etymology

stöt + -a

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