bouffer
Meaning
- (colloquial, intransitive, transitive) to eat
- (colloquial, figuratively, transitive) to eat, to worry
- (colloquial, transitive) to consume in excess
- (colloquial, transitive) to bash (criticise harshly)
Synonyms
siffler du vin
boire avidement
goder
se gonfler
recevoir des coups
briffer
friponner
tortorer
fripouner
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bu.fe/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French bouffer, originally "to puff up," from Medieval Latin buffa, itself echoic of puffing out cheeks.
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