ciccare

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Italian

Etymology

From French chiquer.

Verb

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
  3. (intransitive, regional, by extension) to spit
  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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