драпать

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Russian

Etymology

Presumably, with the original sense being “to tear, to scratch”, ultimately descends from Proto-Slavic *drapati; compare to Czech drápat and Polish drapać; compare to дать дёру (datʹ djóru), удира́ть (udirátʹ), рвану́ть (rvanútʹ), рвать ко́гти (rvatʹ kógti) for other examples of mutation of “to tear” into “to flee”.

Pronunciation

Verb

дра́пать (drápatʹimpf (perfective драпану́ть)

  1. (colloquial) to skedaddle, to hightail, to flee

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “драпать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress