megken

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Hungarian

Etymology

From meg- +‎ ken (to smear).

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megken

  1. (transitive) to smear, grease (something) (to cover by rubbing)
    Imperfective: ken
    Megkentem a tésztát tojássárgájával.I brushed the dough with egg yolk.
  2. (transitive, informal) to bribe (someone)
    Synonym: megveszteget
    • 1967, E. M. Forster, chapter VII, in Árpád Göncz, transl., Út Indiába, Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, part I (A mecset), page 61; translation of A Passage to India, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1942 :
      Már negyvenéves is elmúlt, mikor belépett azon a roppant furcsa kapun, a bombayi Viktória pályaudvar kapuján, s miután megkent egy európai jegyellenőrt, elheyezte poggyászát élete első tropikus vonatának fülkéjében.
  3. (transitive, dialectal) to beat up, thrash (someone) (to give a severe beating to)
    Synonyms: elver, helybenhagy

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Further reading

  • megken 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