🌟 헛돌다

Verb  

1. 실속이나 보람이 없이 돌다. 또는 제자리에서 쓸데없이 돌다.

1. RUN IDLE; KEEP SPINNING: To spin with no real benefit or outcome; or to keep spinning in place without moving.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 모터가 헛돌다.
    The motor is spinning.
  • 바퀴가 헛돌다.
    The wheels are spinning.
  • 손잡이가 헛돌다.
    The handle is spinning.
  • 엔진이 헛돌다.
    The engine is spinning in vain.
  • 계속해서 헛돌다.
    Keep spinning.
  • 방문의 손잡이는 돌려도 열리지 않고 헛돌았다.
    The handle of the door did not open even when it was turned.
  • 나사가 구멍에 맞지 않아 드라이버로 돌려도 헛돌기만 했다.
    The screw didn't fit into the hole, so i turned it around with a screwdriver and it was spinning in vain.
  • 어쩌다가 옷이 흙 범벅이 됐어?
    How did your clothes get covered in dirt?
    진흙탕에 빠져서 헛도는 차바퀴를 꺼내느라고.
    Dropping into the mud and pulling out a spinning wheel.
Synonym 겉돌다: 둘 이상의 사물이 서로 어울리지 못하고 따로따로 되다., 말이 주제에 맞지 않거…

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 헛돌다 (헏똘다) 헛돌아 (헏또라) 헛도니 (헏또니) 헛돕니다 (헏똠니다)


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