nhảy cóc

Vietnamese

Etymology

nhảy (“to jump”) +‎ cóc (“toad”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲaj˧˩ kawk͡p̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲaj˧˨ kawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɲa(ː)j˨˩˦ kawk͡p̚˦˥]

Verb

nhảy cóc

to skip (disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation)
Khi đọc anh ấy hay nhảy cóc một đoạn.
He tends to skip a paragraph as he reads.
(military) to leapfrog (advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward)

Synonyms

(to leapfrog): nhảy đảo

Related terms

References

"nhảy cóc" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

Anagrams

cóc nhảy

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