bliklopen
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of blik (“can”) + lopen (“walk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɪkˌloː.pə(n)/
- Hyphenation: blik‧lo‧pen
Noun
bliklopen n (uncountable)
- A children's game in which a player walks on metal cans or buckets of any material, that have been affixed to cords that are held in the player's hands, so that they can be lifted manually when stepping.
Verb
bliklopen
- to walk on such cans or buckets as part of the above-described game
Inflection
This is a defective verb that is mostly used in the infinitive, the present participle bliklopend or bliklopende is also used occasionally.