pezzecare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• pizzecare, pizzicare; pezzecà, pizzecà, pizzicà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Akin to Italian pizzicare.

Verb

pezzecare

1. to pinch, nip

References

• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “pezzecare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano