Meaning
cigarette butt; chewing gum
- cigarette butt
- piece of chewing gum (informal regional usage, especially in northern Italy)
In a sentence
Non buttare la cicca per terra, cerca un cestino!
Don't throw your cigarette butt on the ground, look for a bin!
Hai una cicca alla menta da offrirmi?
Do you have a mint chewing gum to give me?
C'erano troppe cicche spente sul marciapiede davanti al bar.
There were too many extinguished cigarette butts on the pavement outside the cafe.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| cicca | feminine · singular |
| cicche | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Informal: widely used for cigarette butts; in northern Italy it also commonly means chewing gum.
- To say 'to stub out a cigarette butt', use 'spegnere una cicca'.