scaricabarile

Italian

Alternative forms

• scaricabarili

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of scarica (“unload, dump”) +‎ barile (“barrel”), literally “barrel-dumping”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌska.ri.ka.baˈri.le/
• Rhymes: -ile
• Hyphenation: sca‧ri‧ca‧ba‧rì‧le

Noun

scaricabarile m (invariable)

1. a children's game in which two people stand back-to-back and lift each other
2. (figuratively) a blame game or buck-passing; a situation in which every person involved blames someone else of being responsible

Derived terms

• fare a scaricabarile

Further reading

• scaricabarile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana