trimma

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English trim.

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trimma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative trimmaði, supine trimmað)

  1. (intransitive) to jog (for exercise)

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Swedish[edit]

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trimma (present trimmar, preterite trimmade, supine trimmat, imperative trimma)

  1. to tune (an engine or the like)
    en trimmad moped
    a tuned moped
    trimma ner
    tune down
    nedtrimmad
    tuned down
  2. to trim hair
    trimma mustaschen
    trim the moustache
    trimma hundens päls
    trim the fur of the dog

Usage notes[edit]

Often of illegal (but widespread) tuning of mopeds driven by teenagers to raise the max speed above the legal 45 km/h.

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