éclabousser

Meaning

  1. to splatter, to splash
  2. (figuratively) to taint, to embroil, to fill with scandal
  3. (Louisiana) to shatter, to burst

Frequency

42k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.kla.bu.se/
Etymology

From Middle French esclabousser, variant of Old French esclabo(u)ter, probably from an onomatopoetic root + bouter (“to strike”).

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