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English
Etymology
From Italian battuta.
Noun
battuta
- (music) beat
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From battuto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /batˈtu.ta/
- Rhymes: -uta
- Hyphenation: bat‧tù‧ta
Noun
battuta f (plural battute)
- witty remark, joke
- Synonyms: spiritosaggine, freddura, barzelletta, storiella, arguzia, facezia, scherzo, lepidezza, frizzo, lazzo
- fare una battuta ― to crack a joke
- battuta finale ― punchline
- hit, blow
- Synonyms: botta, colpo, colpita, percossa, picchiata, bastonatura, bastonata, pestaggio, pestata, tritata, schiacciata, legnata, randellata, manganellata
- (by extension) mark left by a hit or a blow; bruise
- Synonyms: segno, livido, contusione, ecchimosi
- flap (of a bird wing)
- stroke (movement of an oar through water)
- splash of a river on the bank
- point or line at which two window shutters meet
- (music) bar
- (theater) cue
- (hunting) beat, beating
- (figurative, by extension) organized police action to hunt down a criminal; patrolling; scouring
- Synonyms: pattugliamento, perlustrazione, rastrellamento, ricognizione
- (sports) service
- Synonyms: rimessa, tiro, calcio
- (sports, cricket, baseball) batting
- Synonym: rilancio
- (typing) character
- Synonyms: carattere, lettera, spazio
Descendants
Adjective
battuta
- feminine singular of battuto
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Italian battuta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbatːʉta/
- Rhymes: -ʉta
- Hyphenation: bat‧tu‧ta
Adverb
battuta
- Only used in a battuta (“a battuta”)