заты́кать

verbperfective

1.
to start stuffing in, to start sticking in, to begin to poke in
Он заты́кал тря́пки во все ще́ли.
He started stuffing rags into every crack.
Perfective inchoative of тыкать; stressed заты́кать (distinct from затыка́ть 'plug up').
2.
to start pointing (with one's finger), to begin to jab a finger
Он вдруг заты́кал в меня́ па́льцем.
He suddenly started pointing his finger at me.
Colloquial; perfective, stressed заты́кать.
3.
to start driving in, to start hammering in
Рабочие заты́кали колья в зе́млю.
The workers began driving stakes into the ground.
Perfective, stressed заты́кать.
4.
(rare) to start addressing informally, to start using 'ты' with somebody
Он неожи́данно заты́кал мне, хотя мы были едва́ знако́мы.
He suddenly started calling me 'ты', though we hardly knew each other.
Colloquial; perfective, stressed заты́кать.
5.
to stop up, to plug, to stick in, to thrust in
Он затыка́ет ще́ли ва́той.
He plugs the cracks with cotton wool.
This is the homograph затыка́ть (stress on the third syllable), imperfective of заткну́ть.

Conjugation

Imperative
ты	заты́чь
вы	заты́чьте

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(Derived from ты́кать.)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
заты́кать	за-	to start stuffing in; to start pointing (with one's finger); to start driving in; to start addressing informally; to stop up
затыка́ться	за-	to be stopped up; to shut up

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