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shkop I§ nm (np ~i'nj) 1 wooden stick; rod; cane 2 (Agr) wooden linchpin securing the moldboard to the beam of a wooden hand plow 3 chopstick 4 [Colloq] blow/beating delivered with a club or stick; heavy scolding; violence or threat of violence 5 [Fig Pej] blockhead 6 wood rail II§ adj thin as a rail • shkop bilarde cue stick • shkop e cingël tipcat = cingëlthi • shkop kërcimi [Track] pole used in pole-vaulting • me shkopin magjik with a wave of the magic wand: without apparent effort, as if by magic; miraculously • me shkop by force/compulsion • Shkopin, po e ndyve të tërë, s'ke ku e kap. [Prov] "If you got the stick dirty all over, you have nowhere to grasp it." Since you really ruined it, there's no way fix it. With all that you have done, there is nothing that can be done to help. • shkop stafete [Track] (relay) baton shkop|a|ci'ng|thi OR shkop|a|xi'ngël OR shkop|a|xi'ngl|ash adv • lua·n shkopacingthi/shkopaxingël/shkopaxinglash to play tipcat shkop|e|ci'ngël nm stick used in children's game of tipcat