acciuffare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to grab by the hair
  2. (broadly, transitive) to catch, to seize (a fugitive, an escapee, etc.)

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
ac‧ciuf‧fà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/at.t͡ʃufˈfa.re/
Etymology

Deverbal of ciuffo (“herbs, foliage”), with the original meaning of 'collecting herbs'.

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