menggertakBahasa Indonesia

snap, snarl, bluff, browbeat, bully

Less common #10,087 of the corpus · 6.4 per million words · 27,209 occurrences

From gertak (meN-) · rare, #39,304

Verb

Make more complicated or confused through entanglements

English: snarl, snarl up, embrangle

Bahasa: membentak, membelungsing

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17 more verb senses

Deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

English: bluff, bluff out

Bahasa: menipu, membohongi

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Be bossy towards

English: strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around

Bahasa: mengancam, mengugut, mengerasi, mencaci maki

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Lose control of one's emotions

English: break down, lose it, snap

Bahasa: membentak, membobolkan, membelungsing

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Frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

English: bluff

Bahasa: menemberang

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Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

English: swagger, bluster, swash

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Close with a snapping motion

English: snap

Bahasa: membentak, membelungsing

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Word family of gertak

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