luukuttaa

From luukku +‎ -ttaa. It is not exactly sure how the sense "to blast music", which probably inspired "to rev" (both senses are relatively recent slang), developed. In the sense "to fence", from luukku (“fence for stolen goods”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːkutːɑːˣ/,
• Rhymes: -uːkutːɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): luu‧kut‧taa

luukuttaa (transitive, intransitive)

1. (colloquial) to drive at full revs, to rev
2. (colloquial) to distribute mail, newspapers or advertisements into mailboxes
3. (colloquial) to play music at a loud volume, to blast music
4. (slang) to deal in stolen goods, to fence

• “luukuttaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• kultautua, kuuluttaa