kapkod

Hungarian

Etymology

kap +‎ -kod (frequentative verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒpkod]
  • Hyphenation: kap‧kod
  • Rhymes: -od

Verb

kapkod

  1. (intransitive) to grip, grab, snatch, catch (followed by után or -ért) (to repeatedly trying to reach for something in order to grab it)
    Synonym: kapdos
    Elvesztette az egyensúlyát és az ajtófélfa után kapkodott. ― He lost his balance and grabbed for the door frame.
    levegő után kapkod ― to gasp for breath/air, to be short of breath
  2. (transitive, of a product) to snap up (to buy something quickly due to popularity)
    Kapkodják a koncertjegyeket. ― The concert tickets are snapped up fast.
  3. (intransitive) to hurry, fluster (to act in haste, in disorderly confusion, without plans)
    Ne kapkodj! ― Don't be so hasty!
  4. (transitive, of clothing) to throw on (used with the inflected reflexive pronoun magamra, magadra, magára etc.) (to hastily put on clothes)
    Magára kapkodta a ruháját. ― She threw on her clothes.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kapkodás
  • kipked-kapkod

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Further reading

  • kapkod 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
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