strychować

Inherited from Old Polish strychować, from Middle High German strīchen, from Old High German strīhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to rub, stroke”). Doublet of strajkować (“to strike”) and strzyc (“to shear”).

• IPA^(key): /strɘˈxɔ.vat͡ɕ/
• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: stry‧cho‧wać

strychować impf

1. (intransitive or reflexive with się, of horses) to injure pasterns by catching one leg with the other

   Hypernym: kaleczyć

2. (intransitive, hunting, of hounds) to run across the field looking for game spoor

   Hypernyms: tropić, węszyć

3. (transitive, obsolete) to line (to mark or cover with lines)

   Synonym: kreskować

4. (transitive, obsolete) to even, to level using a strickle

   Synonyms: równać, wygładzać

5. (transitive, obsolete) to separate (to disunite from a group or mass)

   Synonyms: oddzielać, odgraniczać

6. (transitive, obsolete) to graze (to rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing)

   Synonym: muskać

7. (transitive, military, obsolete) to shell, to strafe

   Synonym: ostrzeliwać

• strychować in Polish dictionaries at PWN