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sh|kops|i't|ur adj (i) unbuttoned shkop|th nm 1 [Dimin] small stick; rod 2 (Agr) wooden linchpin (used to secure the moldboard to the beam of a wooden hand plow) • shkopthat e tuberkulozit [Med] (Old) rod-shaped tuberculosis bacilli shkoq· vt 1 to separate similar small elements from [an encompassing whole]: shell [beans, peas, corn]; hull [grain]; detach [cartridges] (from a gunbelt); disperse [a military force] 2 to crumble [ ] into small pieces 3 [Colloq] to make change for [money]: break [a piece of money] 4 [Colloq] to separate [ ] 5 [Colloq] to make [ ] explicit; analyze, explain