What does strisciante in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word strisciante in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use strisciante in Italian.

The word strisciante in Italian means crawling, creeping, servile, obsequious, attentive, sliding contact, slither, brush, scrape, drag, shuffle, scratch, scrape, creeping inflation. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word strisciante

crawling

aggettivo (animali)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Il sottobosco è il regno di bestie striscianti d'ogni sorta.
The underbrush is the realm of all sorts of crawling insects.

creeping

aggettivo (figurato (diffuso) (figurative)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Il malcontento strisciante cominciò a farsi sentire già dopo il primo anno di governo.
They began to feel the creeping sense of discontent after just one year of the new administration.

servile, obsequious, attentive

aggettivo (figurato (servile, infido)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Quel suo strisciante assistente non lo mollava un secondo.
His servile assistant didn't leave his side for a second.

sliding contact

sostantivo maschile (elettrotecnica (motori)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il frullatore si è guastato perché si è usurato lo strisciante del motore elettrico.
The blender has broken because the sliding contact of the motor has worn out.

slither

verbo intransitivo (procedere su una superficie sfregando su di essa)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
I serpenti strisciano fra l'erba e spesso vengono pestati dalle persone che non si accorgono della loro presenza.
Snakes slither through the grass and are often stepped on by those who don't notice them.

brush, scrape

verbo intransitivo (sfregare contro qs)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Il ladro ha dovuto camminare strisciando il muro per non farsi notare dai poliziotti di pattuglia.
The thief had to brush along the walls to avoid being noticed by the police.

drag, shuffle

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (strascicare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Mia figlia striscia i piedi e consuma un sacco di scarpe.
My daughter drags her feet and goes through shoes too quickly.

scratch, scrape

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (sfregare contro qs)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Strisciando energicamente le due pietre si genera una scintilla.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. I scraped my leg on the high steps of the stairs.

creeping inflation

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