| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Может мне теребить ухо, как-то вот так? | - Um, why don't I pull my ear, like that? |
| Если тебе кто-то не понравится, тереби ухо. Это будет означать - "гоним в шею". | If the person's not for you, pull your ear, and that means "outta there". |
| Эй, не тереби мне волосы. | Hey, look, don't do the hair-pull. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | tërheq | Arabic | جر |
| Danish | trække | Dutch | lostrekken,opslepen, trekken |
| English | pull | Esperanto | eltiradi, entiri, suprentiri, tiri |
| Estonian | tõmmistama, vedima | Finnish | kiskoa, puoltaa, vedellä, vetää, veuhtoa |
| German | raufen, ziehen | Greek | σέρνω, τραβώ |
| Hawaiian | huki | Hebrew | משך |
| Hungarian | húz, von | Icelandic | kippa |
| Indonesian | tarik | Italian | rincalcare, tirare |
| Japanese | 引っ張る, 牽引 | Latvian | vilkt |
| Lithuanian | patraukti, traukti | Macedonian | влече, повлече, потегне, тегне |
| Malay | tarik | Maltese | ġibed |
| Norwegian | trekke | Persian | کشیدن |
| Polish | ciągnąć, odciągać, pociągać, pociągnąć, podciągnąć, wyciągnąć, wyrwać, wyrywać | Portuguese | arrancar, puxar |
| Quechua | aysay | Romanian | trage |
| Spanish | jalar, repropiarse | Swedish | dra |
| Thai | กระชาก, ดึง | Turkish | çekmek |
| Vietnamese | kéo, lôi, níu |