cacciare

Definitions of cacciare
  1. verb
    pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
    synonyms: braccare, rintracciare
    correre, intercorrere
    cause an animal to move fast
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    types:
    uccellare
    hunt fowl in the forest
    scroccare
    collect or look around for (food)
    type of:
    accalappiare, catturare, irretire, pigliare, prendere
    capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
  2. verb
    send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
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    type of:
    proiettare
    put or send forth
  3. verb
    run or move very quickly or hastily
    synonyms: avventarsi, balenare, buttarsi, folgorare, fulminare, lampeggiare, saettare, scagliarsi
    lacerarsi, strapparsi
    move quickly and violently
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    type of:
    accorrere, affrettarsi, galoppare, precipitare
    move fast
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