stompagnare

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Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

stompagnare

  1. to break or smash (a barrel, bottle, etc.)
  2. to bludgeon or crush (someone's bones with a club, etc.)
    • 1635, Pentamerone IV.5,
      dragone, che [] co la capo stompagna" (dragon that [] smashes with his head)
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  3. to knock the bottom out (of a barrel, etc.)

References

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “stompagnare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano