crever
- (transitive) to pop, burst
- (intransitive) to have a puncture
- (informal, intransitive) to snuff it, pop one's clogs (to die)
- (informal) to wear out, knacker
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kʁə.ve/
Etymology
In summary
From Old French crever, inherited from Latin crepāre (“to rattle, creak, crack”). The informal sense of 'die' is shared with the Italian cognate crepare and Romanian crăpa.
cash in one’s chips
give-up the ghost
be punctured
cease to be
go to meet ones maker
get tired
passer l’arme à gauche
claboter
s’éteindre
calancher
casser sa queue de billard
payer sa dette à la nature
dévisser son billard
partir
se briser
se fatiguer
faire éclater
être épuisé
acaecer
se lasser
s’épuiser
sorter
être claqué
ceurveu
morir
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