tiro

Alternative forms

• tyro

Etymology

From Latin tiro (“a young soldier, a beginner”)

Noun

tiro (plural tiros or tiroes)

1. A newly recruited soldier.
2. A novice without practical experience.

Anagrams

• Tori, riot, roti, tori, trio

Verb

tiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of tirar

Verb

tiro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of tirar

Etymology

From Spanish tiro, from tirar (“shoot, throw”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear, tear away, rip or snatch off, pull violently, tug”), from Proto-Indo-European *derə- (“to tear, tear apart”).

Verb

tiro

1. (dated) to shoot, to fire a weapon
2. (dated) to shoot a goal

Synonyms

1. tira

Etymology

From tirare (“to pull”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iro

Noun

tiro m (plural tiri)

1. pull, tug, draught
2. throw, cast
3. (sports) shooting
4. (sports) shot, throw
5. (of weapons) shot, shooting, firing, range, reach
6. (military) fire
7. trick, turn
8. (of a cigarette) puff
9. (of a drug) sniff

Verb

tiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of tirare

Anagrams

• irto, orti, otri, rito, roti, tori, trio

Etymology

From Etruscan 𐌕𐌉𐌓𐌏 (tiro).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.roː/
• Homophone: Tīrō

Noun

tīrō m (genitive tīrōnis); third declension

1. (Roman military) recruit
2. beginner, novice

Derived terms

References

• tiro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tiro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tiro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be an inexperienced speaker: rudem, tironem ac rudem (opp. exercitatum) esse in dicendo
    
  • recruits: tirones
    
• tiro in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tiro in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian and Malay tinjau).

Verb

tiro

1. to observe
2. to inspect

Etymology

From tirar (“to remove”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɾu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾo/
• Homophone: Tiro

Noun

tiro m (plural tiros)

1. the act of shooting

   Synonym: disparo

2. a fired shot
3. shooting firearms as a sport

   Synonym: tiro ao alvo

4. (sports, figuratively) a very strong kick, throw or hit
5. (South Brazil) the act of throwing bolas or a lasso towards an animal
6. (soccer) free kick (kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference)

Verb

tiro

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of tirar

Etymology

See tirar (“to throw”).

Noun

tiro m (plural tiros)

1. shot (with a gun)
2. (soccer) shot
3. team (of horses)

Verb

tiro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of tirar.