= усу̀квамгл. twist; wind round; give a twist; прен. beat about the bush, palter; quibble, hum (hem) and haw; resort to evasions, use evasions;
~ се twist, coil; convolve; ~ се около някого hang around s.o.; fawn (up)on s.o.; • да не го усукваме not to put too fine a point upon it; не го усуквай! don’t beat about the bush, get to the point, but me no buts.