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^[1] (in Italian), 2021, archived from the original on 29 August 2022