bocchino

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Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bokˈki.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: boc‧chì‧no

Etymology 1[edit]

From bocca (mouth) +‎ -ino (-y, diminutive suffix).

Noun[edit]

bocchino m (plural bocchini)

  1. (dated) a small and pleasantly shaped mouth
    Synonym: boccuccia
  2. (slang, strongly vulgar) blowjob
    Synonyms: pompa, pompino

Etymology 2[edit]

From bocca (mouth) +‎ -ino (-ine).

Noun[edit]

bocchino m (plural bocchini)

  1. the mouthpiece of a pipe
    Synonyms: cannello, cannuccia, imboccatura
  2. cigarette holder
    Synonyms: cannello, cannuccia
  3. the mouthpiece of a wind instrument
    Synonyms: bocchetta, imboccatura
  4. a metal strip that fastens the barrel of a rifle together with the foremost-end of the stock, where a bayonet can be fixed