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tiro

Pronunciation: /ˈti.ro/

“tiro” is an Italian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. pull, tug, draught/draft
  2. throw, cast
  3. shooting
  4. shot, throw
  5. shot, shooting, firing, range, reach (of weapons)
  6. fire
  7. trick, turn
  8. puff (of a cigarette)
  9. sniff (of a drug)

In Italian

  1. trazione messa in atto su un oggetto per farlo muovere
  2. nel gioco del basket, segnatura di punti messa in atto facendo entrare la palla nel canestro avversario
  3. in uno scaccato (o in un losangato) indica la colonna verticale di scacchi (o losanghe) sovrapposti: conseguentemente il numero di tiri si conta in senso orizzontale
  4. throw, cast

Etymology

From tirare (“to pull”).

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