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vatnyk

vatnyk is the alternative form of vatnik.

Meaning of vatnik

Noun

vatnik (plural vatniks or vatniki)

  1. A Russian style of quilted jacket.
    • Two models each for men and women are featured at prices ranging from 100 to 140 rubles, more than the cost of a 'vatnik.' (The ruble is nominally valued at four to $1.)1959, Men's Wear
  2. (derogatory) An unintelligent Russian patriot.
    • Vatnik, originally a name of a warm cotton-padded Russian jacket that is still used sometimes in rural areas, has a broad meaning of all people with imperial Russian ideology.2015 January 5, Oksana Grytsenko, “Ukrainian wartime glossary: Ukrop, Vatnik and more”, in Kyiv Post (news), →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    sovok, portyanka
  3. (Internet, broadly, derogatory, neologism) A supporter of Vladimir Putin, Russian nationalism, or the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022; a Putinist.
    Synonyms:
    Putinist, zigger, Ivan
  4. (Internet, broadly, derogatory, neologism) A soldier in the Russian armed forces involved in the invasion of Ukraine.
    Synonyms:
    orc

Forms of vatnyk

pluralvatnyks

Origin of vatnyk

From Ukrainian ва́тник (vátnyk).

Questions about vatnyk

What is vatnyk the alternative form of?
Vatnyk is the alternative form of vatnik.

Words near vatnyk in the dictionary

  1. vatmen
  2. Vatnajökull
  3. vatnik
  4. vatniki
  5. vatniks
  6. vatnyk
  7. vatnyks
  8. vato
  9. vatos
  10. Vatra Dornei
  11. Vatroslav

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