achaler

French

Etymology

From Old French achaillir, achaloir (heat up), compare modern french chaloir (to matter) and dialectal chaler (to heat).

Verb

achaler

  1. (Canada) To annoy, harass, badger.
    • 1945, Gabrielle Roy, Bonheur d'occasion, Éditions Pascal, p. 69,
      "Ça fait donc qu'a nous achale pour qu'on achète ses bebelles." — So they dun it into our ears that we gotta buy all their junk. (trans. Alan Brown, The Tin Flute, 1980)
    • 2009, Novembre 13, Maxime Deland, "Battu à coups de pierres", 24H Montréal, p. 8,
      "La victime tentait de venir en aide à une dame qui se faisait achaler par les jeunes." — The victim attempted to assist a woman who was being harassed by the youths.

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