tepmek

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to kick, especially for an animal
  2. (transitive) to tread on, trample (something)
  3. (transitive) to decline, turn down, reject (something); to throw away (an opportunity, a chance)
  4. (intransitive) (for a gun) to kick, recoil.
  5. (intransitive) to reappear
  6. (transitive) to beat
  7. (Muğla, transitive) to tuck something into a hole
  8. (Yozgat, transitive) to trample
  9. (Diyarbakır, Elazığ, transitive) to hide
  10. (for a cow) to not give milk
  11. (transitive) to clean off feather or hair by beating them
  12. (transitive) to dig

Synonyms

çifte atmak

geri çevirmek

hiçe saymak

kıç atmak

Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish تپمك (tepmek, “to kick, dance”), دپمك (depmek), from Old Anatolian Turkish دپمك (depmek), from Proto-Turkic *tep-. Related to Old Turkic [script needed] (tep-, “to hit, kick”).

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