bakot lő

Hungarian

Etymology

From bak (“buck”) +‎ -ot (accusative suffix) +‎ lő (“to shoot”), literally “to shoot a buck”, a calque of German einen Bock schießen. Its origin in German is related to 16th century competitions organized in shooting associations where the lowest ranked shooter received a he-goat as a consolation prize.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbɒkotløː]

Verb

bakot lő

(idiomatic) to blunder (to make a blunder, to make a clumsy or stupid mistake)
Synonyms: melléfog, téved, baklövést követ el

Conjugation

For the verb, see lő.
The inflected noun bakot remains unchanged.

References

Forgács, Tamás. Magyar szólások és közmondások szótára (’Dictionary of Hungarian Idioms and Proverbs’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2004. →ISBN

[1] Forgács, Tamás. Magyar szólások és közmondások szótára (’Dictionary of Hungarian Idioms and Proverbs’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2004. →ISBN

单词	bakot lő
释义	bakot lő Hungarian Etymology From bak (“buck”) +‎ -ot (accusative suffix) +‎ lő (“to shoot”), literally “to shoot a buck”, a calque of German einen Bock schießen. Its origin in German is related to 16th century competitions organized in shooting associations where the lowest ranked shooter received a he-goat as a consolation prize.[1] Pronunciation IPA^(key): [ˈbɒkotløː] Verb bakot lő (idiomatic) to blunder (to make a blunder, to make a clumsy or stupid mistake) Synonyms: melléfog, téved, baklövést követ el Conjugation For the verb, see lő. The inflected noun bakot remains unchanged. References Forgács, Tamás. Magyar szólások és közmondások szótára (’Dictionary of Hungarian Idioms and Proverbs’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2004. →ISBN
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