smulge.
to wrest, wrench, snatch, pluck
Meaning & usage
to wrest, wrench, snatch, pluck
to rip (out), tear away, break off
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exmŭlgĕre, itself from Latin ex- + mulgēre (“to milk”), or as a variant of ēmulgēre with a change of prefix. Compare Aromanian zmulgu, zmuldziri, Albanian zmolje (“fallow land”), Italian smungere, Venetan smónzer, Asturian esmucir. An alternative past participle, smult (from Vulgar Latin *exmulctus, from mulctus; cf. Aromanian zmultu, Sardinian multu, murtu), also exists.
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