Word details
등골
- Pronunciation
- 등꼴
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- none
- Homonyms
- 2
spine; backbone
A set of bones from the neck to the butt that supports a vertebrate's back.
Idioms
등골(을) 빨아먹다[빼먹다]
suck[take out] and eat someone's backbone
To exploit or take another's fortune in every possible way.
등골(이) 빠지다
have one's backbone fall out
To go through all sorts of hardships.