beccare

Italian (Fiorentino)

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to peck
  • (transitive) to eat
  • (transitive) of an insect, etc. to sting or bite
  • (transitive) to provoke
  • (transitive) to heckle
  • (figurative) to nab, to catch
  • (figurative) to get, pick up
  • (intransitive) to lose (fail to win)

Etymology

Suffix from Italian becco (beak, bill, beak of a bird).

Origin

Italian (Fiorentino)

becco

Gloss

beak, bill, beak of a bird

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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