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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

tepmek.

to kick, especially for an animal

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/tepˈmek//depˈmek/
  1. to kick, especially for an animal

    transitive
  2. to tread on, trample (something)

    transitive
  3. to decline, turn down, reject (something); to throw away (an opportunity, a chance)

    transitive
  4. (for a gun) to kick, recoil.

    intransitive
  5. to reappear

    intransitive
  6. to beat

    transitive
  7. to tuck something into a hole

    Muğla · transitive
  8. to trample

    Yozgat · transitive
  9. to hide

    Diyarbakır · Elazığ · transitive
  10. (for a cow) to not give milk

  11. to clean off feather or hair by beating them

    transitive
  12. to dig

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.