Etymology

Deverbal from pociskaćCategory:Polish deverbals#POCISK.^[1][2][3] First attested in 1533.^[4]

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔt͡ɕiskCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɔt͡ɕisk#POCISKCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɔt͡ɕisk/2 syllables#POCISK
• Syllabification: po‧cisk

Noun

pocisk m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#POCISKCategory:Polish nouns#POCISKCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#POCISKCategory:Polish masculine nouns#POCISKCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#POCISKCategory:Pages with entries#POCISKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#POCISK

1. (firearmsCategory:pl:Firearms#POCISK) bullet, gunshot (streamlined body thrown from a firearm or launcher, intended to hit a target from a distance)
2. (sometimes colloquialCategory:Polish colloquialisms#POCISK) missile, projectile (any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow, or bullet)
3. (slangCategory:Polish slang#POCISK) repartee (act of taunting, making fun of someone)^[5]
4. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#POCISK) throw, toss (act of throwing)

   Synonym: rzut

References

Further reading

• “pocisk”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pocisk”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎ (in Polish)
• Paweł Kupiszewski (20.09.2018), “POCISK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “pocisk”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “pocisk”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pocisk”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 316