puknuti

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • pȕći (alternative infinitive)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫknǫti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pûknuti/
  • Hyphenation: pu‧knu‧ti

Verb

pȕknuti pf (Cyrillic spelling пу̏кнути)

  1. (intransitive) to crack, break, burst, split
  2. (intransitive) to puncture, rupture
  3. (intransitive) to fire, go off (of a gun)
  4. (intransitive) to crack, snap, click (with fingers, tongue, whip etc.)
  5. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) to bang

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Further reading

  • puknuti” in Hrvatski jezični portal