потиснути

From по- (po-) +‎ ти́снути (týsnuty). Compare Belarusian паці́снуць (pacísnucʹ), Polish pocisnąć.

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поти́снути • (potýsnuty) pf (imperfective поти́скувати or потиска́ти)

1. (transitive) to shake (somebody's hand)

   поти́снути кому́сь ру́ку ― potýsnuty komúsʹ rúku ― to shake hands with somebody, to shake somebody's hand

2. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to press, to squeeze
3. (intransitive with плечи́ма, colloquial) to shrug (shoulders)

   поти́снути плечи́ма ― potýsnuty plečýma ― to shrug one's shoulders

4. (intransitive, figurative, colloquial) to set in (said of frost, winter, etc.)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “потиснути”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “потиснути”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “потиснути”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “потиснути”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “потиснути”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “потиснути”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)