buzzico rampichino

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbut.t͡si.ko ram.piˈki.no/
  • Hyphenation: bùz‧zi‧co‧ram‧pi‧chì‧no

Noun

buzzico rampichino m (uncountable)

  1. (games, Rome, dated) a variant of tag in which a player cannot be tagged if they manage to climb on any elevated place, like a rock or a step
    Synonym: rialzo
    Hypernym: acchiapparella
    Ma che stai giocando a buzzico rampichino?
    Are you not taking this seriously?
    (literally, “Are you playing buzzico rampichino?”)

Further reading
  • buzzico 2 in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • buzzico2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • “Buzzico rampichino, quell'antica acchiapparella alla romana”, in www.romatoday.it‎ (in Italian), 2021, archived from the original on 29 August 2022
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