elkapkod

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Hungarian

Etymology

el- +‎ kapkod

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: el‧kap‧kod
  • Rhymes: -od

Verb

elkapkod

  1. (transitive) to rush, to hurry, to be too fast (in doing something)
    Synonym: elsiet
    Egy ilyen fontos döntést nem szabad elkapkodni.One mustn't hurry making such an important decision.
  2. (transitive) to snap up, to scramble for something (to buy all of a product very quickly, due to popularity)
    Az olcsó jegyeket hamar elkapkodják.Cheap tickets are snapped up soon.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • elkapkod 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
  • elkapkod 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)