podszczypać

== Polish == === Etymology === From pod- + szczypać. First attested in 1925. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔtˈʂt͡ʂɘ.pat͡ɕ/ Rhymes: -ɘpat͡ɕ Syllabification: pod‧szczy‧pać === Verb === podszczypać pf (imperfective podszczypywać) (transitive, colloquial) to pinch (to sneakily squeeze someone's skin to show one's interest) [with w (+ accusative) ‘what part of the body’] Synonym: podszczypnąć (transitive, colloquial, of animals) to hold lightly ine one's maw as a sign of play or aggress (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) [with w (+ accusative) ‘what part of the body’] [with za (+ accusative) ‘by what’] Synonym: podszczypnąć (transitive, colloquial) to rip off (to tear a bit of something off with one's teeth or fingers) Synonym: podszczypnąć (transitive, colloquial, of one's skin) to sting (to be a place where one senses stinging or temporary burning) Synonym: podszczypnąć (transitive, colloquial) to sting (to cause a short sensation of stinging, burning pain) Synonym: podszczypnąć (transitive, colloquial) to sting (to hurt emotionally by criticizing) Synonym: podszczypnąć (transitive, obsolete, rare) to pinch from underneath; to pinch from the bottom of something Synonym: podszczypnąć ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === “podszczypać”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “podszczypać”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) podszczypać in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego