To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.
Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.
To lament; to complain.
To produce secretions.
To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
To flow in drops; to run in drops.
A session of crying.
A sob.
A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).