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m clicksports spurtphotography exposuredi foto takingtelecommunications unitphotography scatto automatico automatic timeruno scatto di rabbia an angry gesturescatto di stipendio automatic raise* * *scatto s.m.1 ( di meccanismo) click: lo scatto della serratura lo fece sobbalzare, the click of the lock made him start2 ( pezzo meccanico) release, catch, trigger: scatto automatico, automatic release; lo scatto del percussore nel fucile, the release of the firing-pin in a rifle; serratura a scatto, deadlatch; coltello a scatto, flick knife3 (fig.) ( balzo) spring, burst: fu in piedi con uno scatto, he sprang to his feet; vinse con uno scatto finale, he won with a final burst // a scatti, in jerks: camminare a scatti, to walk jerkily; parlare a scatti, to talk in bursts // di scatto, suddenly: si alzò di scatto, he sprang up4 ( moto d'ira) burst, fit (of temper), outburst (of rage); ( impulso) impulse: scatto di generosità, generous impulse; ebbe uno scatto d'ira, he had an outburst of rage; non tollero i tuoi scatti, I cannot put up with your fits of temper5 (fig.) ( mutamento di livello) increase, rise // (econ.): scatto automatico dello stipendio, automatic salary rise; scatto della contingenza, rise in the cost-of-living allowance (o cost-of-living increase); scatto di un punto della contingenza, one-point cost-of-living increase; scatto della scala mobile, sliding-scale increase // (amm.) scatto di anzianità, seniority increase6 ( unità tariffaria del telefono) unit: una telefonata di venti scatti, a twenty-unit telephone call.* * *['skatto]sostantivo maschile1) (di serratura, meccanismo) click; (di molla) release2) (congegno) trigger, releasecoltello a scatto — flick knife BE, switchblade AE
serratura a scatto — latch o spring lock
3) (rumore) click, snap4) (moto brusco) dart, bolt, jerkgirarsi di scatto — to twirl o whirl round
aprirsi, chiudersi di scatto — to snap open, shut
a -i — [parlare, muoversi] jerkily
5) fig. outburst, fit6) sport sprint, spurt7) amm. promotion8) fot.9) tel. unit* * *scatto/'skatto/sostantivo m.1 (di serratura, meccanismo) click; (di molla) release2 (congegno) trigger, release; coltello a scatto flick knife BE, switchblade AE; serratura a scatto latch o spring lock3 (rumore) click, snap4 (moto brusco) dart, bolt, jerk; girarsi di scatto to twirl o whirl round; alzarsi di scatto to spring up; aprirsi, chiudersi di scatto to snap open, shut; a -i [parlare, muoversi] jerkily5 fig. outburst, fit; scatto di generosità generous impulse; uno scatto d'ira a fit of anger; non sopporto i suoi -i I can't put up with his fits of temper6 sport sprint, spurt7 amm. promotion; scatto d'anzianità seniority increment8 fot. scatto dell'otturatore shutter release9 tel. unit. -
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