cicchetto

See also: cicchettò

Italian

Etymology 1

From French chiquette, chiquet (“small portion”).

Noun

cicchetto m (plural cicchetti)

1. shot glass
2. (by extension) drop, nip, shot (small amount to drink)
3. (usually in the plural) snack
4. (figurative) telling-off, ticking-off

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cicchetto

1. first-person singular present indicative of cicchettare

Further reading

• cicchetto on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it