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banke homograph 2

verbverb

to knock · to beat · to pound

EtymologyOpphav

lydord, intensivform av norrønt banga ‘slå, hamre’ onomatopoeic, an intensive form of Old Norse banga 'to strike, to hammer'

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. svinge, bevege hånd eller redskap raskt mot noe og treffe;
    dunketo thump, kakketo rap     to swing, to move one's hand or a tool quickly against something and hit it;
    to thumpdunke, to rapkakke
    • banke på døra to knock on the door
    • banke en finger mot tinningen to tap a finger against one's temple
  2. i overført betydning: formidle et budskap gjentatte ganger figuratively: to put a message across by repeating it over and over
    • banke inn i arbeiderne hvor viktige de er to drum into the workers how important they are
  3. lage rytmiske lyder eller signaler;
    slå (II, 1)to bang, pulsere (1)to throb     to make rhythmic sounds or signals;
    to bangslå (II, 1), to throbpulsere (1)
    • motoren banker the engine is knocking
    • hjertet banket hardt his heart was pounding hard
  4. gi juling (1)a beating;
    gi bank (III, 2)a hiding;
    denge (1)to thrash     to give a beatingjuling (1);
    to give a hidingbank (III, 2);
    to thrashdenge (1)
    • bli banket opp to be beaten up
    • de dyttet ham i bakken og banket ham they pushed him to the ground and beat him

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

bank i bordet! (sagt samtidig som en banker på noe av tre) motvirke at et optimistisk utsagn utfordrer overnaturlige makter slik at hellet snur (said while knocking on something wooden) to keep an optimistic statement from provoking supernatural powers and turning one's luck Eng. phrasetouch wood
  • de har, bank i bordet, aldri blitt skadd they have, touch wood, never been injured
  • vi banker i bordet og krysser fingrene we touch wood and cross our fingers
banke på
  1. kakke på en dør, port eller lignende med fingerknokene for å signalisere at en ønsker å komme inn to rap on a door, gate or the like with one's knuckles to signal that one wants to come in Eng. phraseto knock on the door
    • han gikk rett inn uten å banke på he walked straight in without knocking
  2. i overført betydning: henvende seg; komme; oppsøke figuratively: to approach someone; to come; to seek someone out Eng. phraseto come knocking
    • dårlig samvittighet banket snart på døren hennes a guilty conscience soon came knocking at her door
    • store ungdomskull banker på og vil ha arbeid large cohorts of young people are knocking at the door wanting work