он отбивает

beats (time), deflects, hits back, kills, takes away

ɐ d bʲ ɪ v a j ɪ t → отбивать

от away, off; separation or removal + бива beat; strike + ет 3rd person singular present

verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense Rare #47,893

beats (time)

RU: Она отбивает такт ладонью.

EN: She beats time with her palm.

deflects, hits back

RU: Вратарь отбивает мяч.

EN: The goalkeeper deflects the ball.

kills, takes away

RU: Этот шум отбивает всякое желание читать.

EN: This noise kills any desire to read.

Conjugation of отбивать

Indicative present

	Singular	Plural
Third	отбивает	—

He deflects the ball with his gaze.

— Солнечные понедельники (2002)

Does it cause memory loss?

— Китайская история призраков (1987)

This kind of thing takes away any desire to write.

— Всё о моей матери (1999)

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