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bić.

to beat (to strike or hit multiple times to cause pain)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈbit͡ɕ//ˈbit͡ɕ/Middle, Polish
  1. to beat (to strike or hit multiple times to cause pain)

    imperfective · transitive
    bić kijem
    bić po twarzy/w twarz
  2. to beat (to strike, e.g. a surface multiple times)

    imperfective · intransitive
    bić w bęben
    Deszcz bije o okno
  3. to beat (to whip eggs or cream quickly and repeatedly and turn them into a stiff mass using a special tool)

    imperfective · transitive
    bita śmietana
  4. to beat out; to mint (to produce by striking metal)

    imperfective · transitive
    bić monety
  5. to print (to produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine)

    imperfective · transitive
  6. to beat (to be better than someone else in something)

    imperfective · transitive
    bić konkurencję
    bić rekord
  7. to beat (to defeat in armed combat)

    imperfective · transitive
  8. to fire (to shoot a firearm)

    imperfective · transitive
    bić z karabinu
  9. to fire (to be shot and produce a sound)

    imperfective · intransitive
  10. to compromise; to damage, to tarnish (to cause negative consequences or worsen a situation for someone)

    imperfective · transitive
    bić w dobre imię
  11. to slaughter, to cull (to kill animals)

    imperfective · transitive
    bić świnię
  12. to beat out to ring (e.g. of a clock, to make noise as a signal)

    imperfective · transitive
    Godzina bije.
    Dzwon bije.
  13. to beat (to produce audible or detectible otherwise rhythmic sounds)

    imperfective · intransitive
    Serce bije.
  14. to beat (to produce audible or detectible otherwise rhythmic sounds) to beat (to produce audible or detectible otherwise rhythmic sounds)

    imperfective · intransitive · obsolete · reflexive
  15. to read (e.g. of an indicator to indicate an amount)

    imperfective · intransitive
  16. to take (to take a card, figure, chess piece, etc.)

    imperfective · transitive
    bić pionka
  17. to burst (to emerge from somewhere suddenly and powerfully)

    imperfective · intransitive
  18. to burst (to emerge from somewhere suddenly and powerfully)

    Middle · Polish · imperfective · reflexive
  19. to burst (to be seen in one's behavior or appearance)

    imperfective · intransitive · literary
  20. to beat into; to inlay (to cause to enter by beating or striking)

    colloquial · imperfective · transitive
  21. to drill (to dig; to pierce)

    imperfective · transitive
    bić studnię
  22. to coo (to make a characteristic sound)

    imperfective · intransitive · obsolete
  23. to oppose (to act against)

    Middle · Polish · imperfective · intransitive
  24. to strike

    Middle · Polish · imperfective · intransitive
  25. to strike

    Middle · Polish · imperfective · intransitive
  26. to thresh

    Middle · Polish · imperfective · intransitive
  27. to beat oneself (to hit one's own body)

    imperfective · reflexive
  28. to beat each other (to strike one another)

    imperfective · reflexive
  29. to fight (to strike one another, to have a physical conflict with)

    imperfective · reflexive
  30. to fight (to have a martial conflict, to fight during war)

    imperfective · reflexive
  31. to fight (to contend with someone over some goal or aim)

    imperfective · reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *bìti Old Polish bić Polish bić Inherited from Old Polish bić.

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