крутить

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Russian

крутить

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krǫtiti.

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Verb

крути́ть (krutítʹimpf (perfective скрути́ть or закрути́ть)

  1. to twist, to twirl, to roll up
  2. to turn
    • 2003, Сплин [Splean] (lyrics and music), “Новые люди [Novyje ljudi]”, in Новые люди:
      Ду́мают лю́ди в Ленингра́де и Ри́ме,
      Что смерть — э́то то, что быва́ет с други́ми,
      Что жизнь так и бу́дет крути́ть и крути́ть колесо́.
      Dúmajut ljúdi v Leningráde i Ríme,
      Što smertʹ — éto to, što byvájet s drugími,
      Što žiznʹ tak i búdet krutítʹ i krutítʹ kolesó.
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  3. (imperfective only, transitive or intransitive) to whirl, to swirl
  4. to go out, to have an affair
  5. to trick

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