стебаться

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Russian

Etymology

Uncertain; likely a cross between dialectal стебну́ть (stebnútʹ, perfective), стёбывать (stjóbyvatʹ, to stitch; whip; eat up, imperfective) and издева́ться (izdevátʹsja, to jeer, bully). The former may be an alteration of стега́ть (stegátʹ, to whip; to stitch, to quilt), or could be denominal from сте́бель (stébelʹ, a stalk), i.e. used as a whip.

Pronunciation

Verb

стеба́ться (stebátʹsjaimpf (perfective постеба́ться or стебну́ться)

  1. (slang, intransitive) to make fun of someone (esp. using irony), to ridicule, to mock, to tease
  2. (slang, intransitive) to joke, to kid, to josh, to banter

Conjugation

or more colloquial/childish

Derived terms