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Italian
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of butta (“to throw”) + fuori (“out”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /but.taˈfwɔ.ri/
- Rhymes: -ɔri
- Hyphenation: but‧ta‧fuò‧ri
Noun
buttafuori m (invariable)
- bouncer, chucker-out
1968, “Cantico Dei Drogati”, in Fabrizio De Andrè, Riccardo Mannerini (lyrics), Tutti Morimmo a Stento, performed by Fabrizio De Andrè:E chi, chi sarà mai / il buttafuori del sole / chi lo spinge ogni giorno / sulla scena alle prime ore.- And who, who will ever know / the sun's bouncer / who pushes it every day / onto the scene in the first hours.
- (nautical) bumpkin