утыка́ться

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verbreflexiveimperfective perfective is уткну́ться

1.
to bury one's face (in), to bury one's nose (in), to bury one's head (in)
Ребёнок утыка́лся лицо́м в ма́мину ю́бку.
The child would bury his face in his mother's skirt.
Imperfective; usually with в + accusative. Often of a child or of someone hiding or falling asleep.
2.
to run into, to bump into, to hit (against)
Мы шли по лесу, пока́ не утыка́лись в густо́й куста́рник.
We walked through the forest until we ran into dense bushes.
Of a path road or moving person coming up against a barrier.
3.
to run into a dead end, to get stuck
Рассле́дование ка́ждый раз утыка́лось в тупик.
The investigation ran into a dead end every time.
Figurative; of work talks or an investigation.

Examples

Ребёнок утыкается лицом в мамино плечо.
The child buries their face in their mother’s shoulder.
Кот утыкается мордой в миску с молоком.
The cat buries its face in the bowl of milk.
Машина утыкается носом в сугроб на дороге.
The car noses into a snowdrift in the road.

Imperative
ты	утыка́йся
вы	утыка́йтесь

Active present	утыка́ющийся	dead-end, running into
Active past	утыка́вшийся	burying oneself in, poking into, pressing one's face into
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	утыка́ясь	while doing (present)
Gerund past	утыка́вшись	while doing (past)

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