‖opskud, verb intransitive
/ˈɔpskəd/
- Forms:
- Also op-skut.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, literally to shake up; to get a move on, hurry.
1. Used as a rallying call among Afrikaners: ‘hurry up’, ‘shake a leg’, ‘get going’.
1951 H.C. Bosman in L. Abrahams Unto Dust (1963) 90‘Opskud, kêrels!’ I heard. But it was not Serfina who gave that command.
1977 G. Hugo in Quarry ’77 91‘Opskud! Word wakker!’ At four in the morning the delightful Byl ushers in the pre-dawn darkness and a last frantic return to cleaning and neurotic scrubbing.
2. To dance.
1970 D.J. Olivier Informant, Johannesburg, GautengCome, we are going to ‘op-skut’ tonight.
‘hurry up’, ‘shake a leg’, ‘get going’.
To dance.
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