csépel

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Hungarian

Etymology

csép (flail) +‎ -el (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

Verb

csépel

  1. (transitive, agriculture) to thresh (to separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery)
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to thresh, drub (to beat soundly, with hands or with some tool such as a stick or whip)
    Synonyms: eltángál, elagyabugyál, páhol, ver, üt, ütlegel
  3. (transitive, folksy) to disparage, badmouth, criticize, scold someone
    Synonyms: szid, ócsárol, szapul, csepül
  4. (transitive) to make hackneyed/overworked/tedious (to repeat something to excess until it becomes dull and uninteresting)

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Further reading

  • csépel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • csépel in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)