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Hungarian (13)

v dob [dˈob]

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Wiktionary (10)

n The act of launching.
v (transitive|obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
v (transitive) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat.
v (transitive) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation.
v (intransitive|often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning.
n (context|nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
n (context|nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yaucht.
n (context|nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like. (Compare Spanish lancha.)