kafa
1. head. 2. mind, mental attitude. 3. intelligence. 4. a large marble, shoooter. -- ya almak slang 1. /ı/ to silence (a bothersome person). 2. to find the right person (to do a job). --sı almamak /ı/ 1. not to be able to understand. 2. to be too tired to understand. 3. not to be able to believe. --dan atmak to make up something and try to pass it off as the truth. -- boşluğu cranial cavity, cavum cranii. --sı bozulmak colloq. to blow one´s top, get angry. --sı bulanmak to get confused. --yı bulmak slang to be pleasantly tipsy (from drink). --sı çalışmak to be on the ball. --yı çekmek colloq. to do some serious drinking, Brit. have a booze-up. --sından çıkarmak /ı/ to put (an idea) out of one´s head. --sına dank etmek/demek to dawn on one at last. -- değiştirmek to change one´s mind; to change one´s way of thinking. -- dengi 1. kindred spirit. 2. (someone) who is a kindred spirit, like-minded. --sının dikine gitmek to go one´s own way, do as one pleases. --sı dinç olmak to feel fresh and alert. --sı dönmek 1. to be confused and perplexed. 2. to feel dizzy. --sı dumanlı 1. tipsy, tight. 2. tired and confused. --sı durmak to be too tired to think. --dan gayri müsellah colloq. nutty, not quite right in the head. --sına girmek /ın/ 1. to make good sense, seem to be right (to). 2. to comprehend, understand. -- göz yarmak to be awkward and unskillful. -- işçisi white-collar worker. --sı işlemek to be on the ball. --sı izinli olmak slang for one´s mind to be elsewhere; to wool-gather. -- kafaya vermek to put their heads together. -- kalmamak /da/ to be so worn out one can´t think. --sı karışmak (for someone) to get confused. --sını kaşıyacak vakti olmamak to be too busy to think, not to have time to turn around. --sı kazan (gibi) olmak for one´s head to be ringing (from noise); to feel fuddled (after a lot of mental effort). --sını kızdırmak /ın/ to make (someone´s) blood boil. --sı kızmak to get angry. --dan kontak colloq. cracked, nutty, touched in the head. --sına koymak /ı/ to get hold of (some idea); to take it into one´s head (to do something). --sını kullanmak to use one´s head. --sını kurcalamak /ın/ to make (one) think. -- patlatmak to do a lot of hard mental work. --dan sakat colloq. cracked, nutty, touched in the head. -- sallamak to rubber-stamp everything, be a yes-man. --sına sığmamak not to be able to comprehend. --sında şimşek çakmak to get a sudden inspiration. -- şişirmek (for noise, a complicated problem) to drive one crazy, make one unable to think straight. --sı şişmek for one´s head to be ringing (from noise); to feel fuddled (after a lot of mental effort). --sına takılıp kalmak to stick in one´s mind, not to leave one´s mind. --sı taşa çarpmak to learn something the hard way. --sını taştan taşa çarpmak/vurmak 1. to regret bitterly a lost opportunity. 2. to feel very remorseful. -- tutmak /a/ to defy; to oppose challengingly. --yı tütsülemek slang to get tight, get tipsy. -- ütülemek slang to talk someone to death, talk someone´s ear off. --sına vur, ekmeğini elinden al. colloq. He is so meek you can walk all over him. --sına vura vura by force. --sına vurmak (for drink) to go to one´s head. --sını vurmak /ın/ to behead. --yı (yere) vurmak 1. to hit the sack, hit the hay. 2. to take to one´s bed, get laid up (owing to illness). -- vuruşu soccer header. -- yağı slang sperm, semen. --sı yerinde olmamak to wool-gather; for one´s mind to be elsewhere. --sı yerine gelmek to come back to earth; to start thinking straight again. -- yormak to ponder, think hard, rack one´s brains.