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Czech
- dršťka (more formal but less common)
Pronunciation
Noun
držka f
- muzzle (the protruding part of many animal's head which includes nose, mouth and jaws)
- Synonyms: čumák, tlama
- (plural only) tripe (the lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food)
- (informal, derogatory) trap (human's mouth or face)
- Synonyms: čumák, huba, ksicht
- (informal, derogatory) grimace
- Synonym: (neutral) grimasa
- (informal, derogatory) rude or objectionable person
- Synonym: (less pejorative) drzoun
Declension
Declension of držka (hard feminine reducible)
Further reading
- “držka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “držka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “držka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)