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s | impinge |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb impinge is

to push (transitive: apply a force to (an object) so that it moves away), thrust, shove.

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    impinge

    English

    Verb

    (imping)
  • To make a physical impact (on); to collide, to crash (upon).
  • * , vol.1, New York Review Books, 2001, p.287:
  • The ordinary rocks upon which such men do impinge and precipitate themselves, are cards, dice, hawks, and hounds […].
  • (figuratively) To interfere with; to encroach (on, upon).
  • *
  • To have an effect upon; to limit.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , chapter=4, title= Lord Stranleigh Abroad , passage=“I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. …”}}

    Usage notes

    * The transitive use is less common, not included in many small dictionaries, and not favored by Garner's Modern American Usage (2009).

    Derived terms

    * impingement * impingent * impinger