"flakka" meaning in All languages combined

See flakka on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-flakka.ogg
Etymology: From colloquial Spanish flaka (“an elegant, charming woman”), derived from Spanish flaca (“skinny, slender”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|flaka|t=an elegant, charming woman}} Spanish flaka (“an elegant, charming woman”), {{der|en|es|flaca|t=skinny, slender}} Spanish flaca (“skinny, slender”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} flakka (uncountable)
  1. (slang) The stimulant drug alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone. Tags: slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-flakka-en-noun-wxqX4DmE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 45 40 3 3 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 39 2 3 12

Verb [Icelandic]

IPA: /ˈflahka/ Forms: flakkaði [indicative, past, singular, third-person], flakkað [supine]
Rhymes: -ahka Etymology: From Old Norse flakka, from Proto-Germanic *flakkōn (“to flutter, wander, roam”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-, which could be related to Ancient Greek πλάζω (plázō, “to turn away from”). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|flakka}} Old Norse flakka, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*flakkōn|t=to flutter, wander, roam}} Proto-Germanic *flakkōn (“to flutter, wander, roam”), {{inh|is|ine-pro|*pleḱ-}} Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-, {{cog|grc|πλάζω||to turn away from}} Ancient Greek πλάζω (plázō, “to turn away from”) Head templates: {{head|is|verb|weak verb||third-person singular past indicative|flakkaði||{{{22}}}|supine|flakkað||{{{33}}}|cat2=weak verbs|head=}} flakka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative flakkaði, supine flakkað)
  1. (intransitive) to wander, to roam Tags: intransitive, weak Synonyms: ráfa, eigra, reika, rangla, sveima Derived forms: flakk (english: wandering, roaming), flakkari (english: wanderer, vagrant)
    Sense id: en-flakka-is-verb-d8SokhZp Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 45 40 3 3 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 39 2 3 12

Verb [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /²flɑkːɑ/ Forms: flakkar [present], flakka [past], flakka [participle, past], flakkast [infinitive, passive], flakkande [participle, present], flakka [imperative], flakk [imperative], flakke [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Norse flakka. Etymology templates: {{der|nn|non|flakka}} Old Norse flakka
  1. to wander about
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  2. to flicker (as the light of a candle)
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  3. to flit (move rapidly, unpredictably)
    Sense id: en-flakka-nn-verb-z~wWDRcB Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 39 2 3 12

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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