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Italian
Etymology
From a- + ballotta + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.bal.lotˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ab‧bal‧lot‧tà‧re
Verb
abballottàre (first-person singular present abballòtto, first-person singular past historic abballottài, past participle abballottàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, rare) to toss, jolt, bob
1883, Carlo Collodi, “Capitolo 24 [Chapter 24]”, in Le avventure di Pinocchio [The Adventures of Pinocchio], published 1892, page 121:Allora fece di tutto per arrivare a quella spiaggia: ma inutilmente. Le onde, rincorrendosi e accavallandosi, se lo abballottavano fra di loro, come se fosse stato un fuscello o un filo di paglia.- He then tried everything to get to that shore, but fruitlessly. The waves, running after each other and overlapping, jolted him around among themselves, as if he were a twig or a straw.
- (transitive) to handle without care
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Further reading
- abballottare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- abballottare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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