забивати

From заби́ти (zabýty) +‎ -ва́ти (-váty). Compare Russian забива́ть (zabivátʹ), Belarusian забіва́ць (zabivácʹ), Polish zabijać.

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забива́ти • (zabyváty) impf (perfective заби́ти)

1. (transitive) to beat in, to drive in, to hammer in, to bang in, to ram in (to insert with blows: nail, post, stake, wedge, etc.)

   Synonym: вбива́ти impf (vbyváty)

   забива́ти па́мороки (idiomatic, +dative)

   zabyváty pámoroky

   to hoodwink, to snow; to stun; to numb the mind of, to befuddle, to stupefy

2. (transitive, sports) to score, to bang in (:goal)
3. (transitive) to board up, to nail shut, to nail up
4. (transitive, colloquial, sometimes impersonal) to cram, to fill

   Synonym: запо́внювати impf (zapóvnjuvaty)

   забива́ти собі́ го́лову (чи́мось) (idiomatic)

   zabyváty sobí hólovu (čýmosʹ)

   to worry one's head (about something); to fill one's head (with something)

5. (transitive, colloquial) to block up, to clog, to clog up, to obstruct, to stop up
6. (transitive, chiefly perfective) to bang (to hit hard: own body part against something)
7. (transitive) to kill

   Synonym: убива́ти impf (ubyváty)

   1. to butcher, to kill, to slaughter (:animal for food)

      забива́ти козла́ (idiomatic) ― zabyváty kozlá ― to play dominoes (literally, “to kill the goat”)

8. (transitive, colloquial) to beat back, to stifle (:feeling, sound, etc.)
9. (transitive, colloquial) to beat out, to put out, to stamp out (to extinguish: fire)
10. (intransitive, third person only, colloquial, of rain, wind) to force its way in (through cracks, gaps, etc.)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “забивати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 28
• “забивати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “забивати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 18
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “забивати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “забивати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “забивати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “забивати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)