verb
to pester, bother; to batter, beat up
Etymology tree Latin baculumder. Vulgar Latin *baclitta Italian bacchettabor. Spanish baqueta Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izō Latin -izāre Spanish -ear Spanish baquetear From baqueta + -ear.