menyentakBahasa Indonesia

recoil, cringe, draw, flinch, force

Rare #44,009 of the corpus · 0.5 per million words · 2,162 occurrences

From sentak (meN-) · rare, #111,662

Verb

Pull, or move with a sudden movement

English: yank, jerk

Bahasa: merenggut, merentap

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3 more verb senses

Spring back, as from a forceful thrust

English: kick back, recoil, kick

Bahasa: membuang, menendang, menganjal

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