scaricabarile
Italian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editVerb-object compound, composed of scarica (“unload, dump”) + barile (“barrel”), literally “barrel-dumping”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editscaricabarile m (invariable)
- a children's game in which two people stand back-to-back and lift each other
- (figuratively) a blame game or buck-passing; a situation in which every person involved blames someone else of being responsible
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ scaricabarile in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Further reading
edit- scaricabarile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana