skokka

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From skokk n (“jog; bouncy horse-gait”) +‎ -a (denominal suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈskɔhka/ Rhymes: -ɔhka === Verb === skokka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skokkaði, supine skokkað) to jog (run slowly for exercise) Synonyms: jogga, trimma skokka fimm kílómetra ― to jog five kilometers Í ágúst byrjaði ég að skokka hringinn alveg. ― In August, I started jogging the whole way round. to run (freely at an easy pace) Hypernym: hlaupa (“to run”) skokka rólega ― to run slowly (equestrianism) to move in a rather slow, uncomfortably bouncy gait (regional, equestrianism) to trot Synonym: brokka ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== skokkari m (“jogger”) ==== Related terms ==== skykkur m (“shaking, tremor”) skukrast, skokrast (“to stagger, lurch”) (obsolete) === References === === Further reading === Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “skokka”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies “skokka” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) “skokka”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies