Difference between revisions of "press"
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| − | #Make person use iron wey dey hot take straight cloth | + | #Make person use iron wey dey hot take straight cloth. |
#:*{{ux|dv|Joke, abeg help me '''press''' my shirt now.|(Egbokhare_2o21, Joke, please kindly iron my shirt for me now.)}} | #:*{{ux|dv|Joke, abeg help me '''press''' my shirt now.|(Egbokhare_2o21, Joke, please kindly iron my shirt for me now.)}} | ||
#Make person take [[hand]] squeeze someting well well or touch am softly softly. | #Make person take [[hand]] squeeze someting well well or touch am softly softly. | ||
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#:*{{ux|dv|You no fit know dem if na all your time you take dey '''press''' phone. |(jw__47752, You cannot be familiar with everything if you spend all day playing with your phone.)}} | #:*{{ux|dv|You no fit know dem if na all your time you take dey '''press''' phone. |(jw__47752, You cannot be familiar with everything if you spend all day playing with your phone.)}} | ||
#:*{{ux|dv|Click on top am and '''press''' Manage ads settings. |(bbc__99599, )}} | #:*{{ux|dv|Click on top am and '''press''' Manage ads settings. |(bbc__99599, )}} | ||
| − | #:*{{ux|dv|Write wetin you want find or choose wetin dey and '''press''' Find . |(jw__47102, | + | #:*{{ux|dv|Write wetin you want find or choose wetin dey and '''press''' Find . |(jw__47102, __)}} |
| − | #:*{{ux|dv|You dey drive anyhow, you dey '''press''' am, dey march am, na accident e dey result in. |(IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__222, You are driving recklessly, increasing the speed by stepping on the accelerator; | + | #:*{{ux|dv|You dey drive anyhow, you dey '''press''' am, dey march am, na accident e dey result in. |(IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__222, You are driving recklessly, increasing the speed by stepping on the accelerator; an accident may occur.)}} |
#:*{{ux|dv|'''Press''' di egusi so dat oil go comot! |(KAD_10_Egusi-Soup_MG__22, Squeeze the egusi for the oil to come out.)}} | #:*{{ux|dv|'''Press''' di egusi so dat oil go comot! |(KAD_10_Egusi-Soup_MG__22, Squeeze the egusi for the oil to come out.)}} | ||
#:*{{ux|dv|Sey de go just dey where de dey, just '''press''' deir all di pressable, di computer, di phones, di everything, and dey just decide. |(WAZK_08_Fuel-Price-Increase_MG__98, That they do nothing but play with their electronic gadgets like computers, phones and the like while making decisions.)}} | #:*{{ux|dv|Sey de go just dey where de dey, just '''press''' deir all di pressable, di computer, di phones, di everything, and dey just decide. |(WAZK_08_Fuel-Price-Increase_MG__98, That they do nothing but play with their electronic gadgets like computers, phones and the like while making decisions.)}} | ||
Revision as of 16:43, 9 March 2021
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From: English press
Pronunciation
- prɛ́s
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 7
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 966
- Frequency in raw corpus: 342
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 892
Verb
- Make person use iron wey dey hot take straight cloth.
- Joke, abeg help me press my shirt now. — (Egbokhare_2o21, Joke, please kindly iron my shirt for me now.)
- Make person take hand squeeze someting well well or touch am softly softly.
- As she open eye, na her breasts wey she see say dey press her. — (bbc__9111, When she opened her eyes, she realised that she was being groped.)
- You no fit know dem if na all your time you take dey press phone. — (jw__47752, You cannot be familiar with everything if you spend all day playing with your phone.)
- Click on top am and press Manage ads settings. — (bbc__99599, )
- Write wetin you want find or choose wetin dey and press Find . — (jw__47102, __)
- You dey drive anyhow, you dey press am, dey march am, na accident e dey result in. — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__222, You are driving recklessly, increasing the speed by stepping on the accelerator; an accident may occur.)
- Press di egusi so dat oil go comot! — (KAD_10_Egusi-Soup_MG__22, Squeeze the egusi for the oil to come out.)
- Sey de go just dey where de dey, just press deir all di pressable, di computer, di phones, di everything, and dey just decide. — (WAZK_08_Fuel-Price-Increase_MG__98, That they do nothing but play with their electronic gadgets like computers, phones and the like while making decisions.)
- Make person dey put hand for computer take dey collect people money with wayo.
- the boy don dey press since primary school na when wey e reach university na e come pay. — (insert translation )
Related forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: to iron, squeeze, tap,