впритык
Russian
Etymology
в- (v-) + приты́к (pritýk, “connection between wooden parts at the ends”), related to притыка́ть (pritykátʹ)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fprʲɪˈtɨk]
Adverb
вприты́к • (vpritýk)
- right (up) against, without a gap, flush, back to back, chockablock
- Synonym: вплотну́ю (vplotnúju)
- вприты́к к стене́ ― vpritýk k stené ― right up against the wall
- (figuratively, colloquial, without an object) with no reserve or surplus; exactly corresponding to something
- верну́ться вприты́к ― vernútʹsja vpritýk ― to return with no time to spare / to return tight on time
- Вре́мени вприты́к. ― Vrémeni vpritýk. ― Time is tight. / There's no time to spare.
- Де́нег бы́ло вприты́к. ― Déneg býlo vpritýk. ― Money was tight.