ciccare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French chiquer.

Verb[edit]

ciccàre (first-person singular present cìcco, first-person singular past historic ciccài, past participle ciccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to chew (tobacco, a cigar butt, etc.)
  2. (intransitive) to chew tobacco [auxiliary avere]
  3. (intransitive, regional, by extension) to spit [auxiliary avere]
  4. (intransitive, regional, childish) to be consumed with envy or get angry
    cicca cicca!nanny nanny boo boo!
  5. (transitive, soccer) to flub, to completely miss (the ball, a target)

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