верту́шка

rare #13056nounfeminineinanimatecountable
  • 1.

    revolving door, revolving stand, spinner, rotator

    Мы вошли́ в гости́ницу че́рез верту́шку.

    We entered the hotel through the revolving door.

    Colloquial name for all kinds of rotating contraptions.

  • 2.

    helicopter, choppermilitary

    Раненых увезла́ верту́шка.

    A chopper took the wounded away.

    Colloquial, especially military slang.

  • 3.

    internal phone, direct-line telephonetelephony

    На столе́ у него стояла верту́шка.

    There was a direct-line telephone on his desk.

    Colloquial; historically the dial phone on the closed government network.

Examples

Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

верту́шка

верту́шки

Gen.Genitive

верту́шки

верту́шек

Dat.Dative

верту́шке

верту́шкам

Acc.Accusative

верту́шку

верту́шки

Inst.Instrumental

верту́шкой

верту́шкою

верту́шками

Prep.Prepositional

верту́шке

верту́шках

Word familyвертуха́йPRO

  • nounmasculine
  • верту́шкаrevolving door; helicopter; internal phone; flirt; trolling reel
    nounfeminine

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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 2 months ago.
  • Yggdrasil edited noun basics 3 years ago.