שפּאַנט

Verb

 * 1) strides.
 * A dampfshif hostu oysgetrakht un nemst dermit zikh iber;
 * Der rebbe shpreyt zayn tikhl oys un shpant dem yam ariber.
 * The steamship you've invented so you think you're something big,
 * but the rabbi waves his handkerchief and crosses the Atlantic instantly.