пыж

rare #37247

nounmasculineinanimatecountable

1.
wad, waddingfirearms
Охо́тник заби́л пыж в ствол.
The hunter rammed the wad down the barrel.
Chiefly of muzzle-loading guns and shotgun cartridges.
2.
(rare) plug, bung, stopper
Он заткну́л отве́рстие пыжо́м.
He stopped up the hole with a plug.
3.
(rare) empty grain, blind seedagriculture
И́з-за за́сухи вме́сто зерна́ оди́н пыж.
Because of the drought there is nothing but empty grain.
Dialectal.
4.
(rare) wooden stick (in a throwing game)
Мальчи́шки игра́ли в пыж на у́лице.
The boys were playing the stick-throwing game outside.
Dialectal; also the name of the game itself.

Examples

Охотник забил пыж в ствол старого ружья.
The hunter rammed a wad into the barrel of the old gun.
В патроне между порохом и дробью стоит пыж.
There is a wad between the powder and the shot in the cartridge.
Он сделал пыж из плотного войлока.
He made a wad out of thick felt.

⚠️ Stress change.