тормошить

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Russian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

тормоши́ть (tormošítʹimpf (perfective растормоши́ть)

  1. to pull (at, about)
  2. to tug/shake in order to awake, to wake up by tugging/shaking
  3. to bother, to pester, to worry, to give no peace
  4. to stir up, to spur/awake to activity

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тормошить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress