bacač

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bacati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǎt͡saːt͡ʃ/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧cač

Noun

bàcāč m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ца̄ч)

  1. thrower
  2. any of a variety of weapons that fire large projectiles, missiles, or flammable substances: rocket launcher, mortar, flamethrower
    • c. 1942, authorship disputed, “Na Kordunu grob do groba” (lyrics) as published in 2017, Nenad Simić-Tajka, Nepročitana knjiga:
      Nemoj plakat, majko stara,
      pusti sina da odmara.
      Teži su mi tvoji plači
      nego bombe i bacači.
      Don’t cry, old mother,
      let your son rest:
      Your tears are harder for me to bear
      than bombs and rocket launchers.
  3. (baseball) pitcher
  4. (cricket) bowler

Declension

Further reading

  • bacač” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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