пикать

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲikətʲ]

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pikati, ultimately, per Vasmer, onomatopoeic; cognate with Polish pikać and Latvian pīka (“whiny child; gudgeon (because the fish squeaks)”).

пи́кать • (píkatʹ) impf (perfective пи́кнуть) (intransitive)

1. (colloquial) to peep, to squeak
2. (colloquial, usually negative) to utter a peep, to cry out, to moan

   Хотя́ ему́ ча́сто быва́ет бо́льно, он никогда́ не пи́кает.

   Xotjá jemú částo byvájet bólʹno, on nikogdá ne píkajet.

   Although often in pain, he never utters a peep.

3. (colloquial, figuratively) to object, to express one's opinion

• пи́канье (píkanʹje), пика́ние (pikánije)

• пичу́га f anim (pičúga)

• ши́кать impf (šíkatʹ), ши́кнуть pf (šíknutʹ)

From English peek +‎ -ать (-atʹ).

пи́кать • (píkatʹ) impf (perfective пи́кнуть)

1. (intransitive, video games) to peek (from behind cover)

From English pick +‎ -ать (-atʹ).

пи́кать • (píkatʹ) impf (perfective пи́кнуть)

1. (transitive, Internet slang) to pick

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пикать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “пикать”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.