buttafuori
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of butta (“to throw”) + fuori (“out”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buttafuori m (invariable)
- bouncer, chucker-out
- 1968, “Cantico Dei Drogati”, in Fabrizio De Andrè, Riccardo Mannerini (lyrics), Tutti Morimmo a Stento, performed by Fabrizio De Andrè:
- E chi, chi sarà mai / il buttafuori del sole / chi lo spinge ogni giorno / sulla scena alle prime ore.
- And who, who will ever know / the sun's bouncer / who pushes it every day / onto the scene in the first hours.
- (nautical) bumpkin