стучать

to knock, to rap, to inform on, to snitch on

s t ʊ t͡ɕ æ tʲ

стуч to knock, to rap + ать Infinitive

verb Rare #47,504

to knock, to rap

RU: Не надо стучать в дверь — она открыта.

EN: You don't need to knock on the door—it's open.

to inform on, to snitch on Colloquial; used with на before the person being informed on.

RU: Он не хочет стучать на друга.

EN: He doesn't want to snitch on his friend.

Conjugation of стучать

Indicative present

	Singular	Plural
Second	—	стучите
Third	стучит	—

Indicative past

Imperative

	Singular	Plural
Second	стучи	стучите

стучать

Why snitch on the boys? Go hit them back.

— Вор (1997)

Can't you knock?

— 1+1 (2011)

I’m not going to knock, though.

— Dead Man's Bluff (2005)

Please knock; the doorbell doesn’t work.

— Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

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