елозить

Russian

Etymology

From dialectal елоза́ (jelozá, fidgety person) + -ить (-itʹ), of unclear further provenance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪˈɫozʲɪtʲ]

Verb

ело́зить • (jelózitʹimpf

  1. (colloquial) to crawl
  2. (colloquial) to fidget
  3. (colloquial) to move randomly and constantly (of one's fingers, elbows, etc.)
  4. (colloquial) to move around in different directions [with instrumental ‘something, e.g. a toothbrush in one's mouth, a bow on violin]] strings, etc.’]

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • заело́зить pf (zajelózitʹ)
  • поело́зить pf (pojelózitʹ)