дратувати

Possibly from дра́ти (dráty) +‎ -увати (-uvaty), from Proto-Slavic *dьràti. Cognate with Russian дратовать (dratovatʹ), Bulgarian дретат (dretat).^[1]This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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дратува́ти • (dratuváty) impf (transitive)

1. to annoy, to irritate, to irk, to get on the nerves of, to vex
2. to exasperate
3. to tease, to goad, to get a rise out of (provoke)

• (all senses): роздрато́вувати impf (rozdratóvuvaty)
• (tease, goad, get a rise out of): дражни́ти impf (dražnýty)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дратувати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “дратувати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “дратувати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “дратувати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “дратувати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)