garrocher

French

Etymology

Western dialectal; from Old French garochier ‘to fire a projectile, strike with a projectile’,[1] from garroc, guaroc ‘crossbow bolt’, variant of garrot, garot ‘large wooden projectile, stick for twisting rope’.[2] More at garrot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.ʁɔʃ.e/

Verb

garrocher

  1. (colloquial, Western France) to throw
  2. (Canada) to throw aimlessly or carelessly

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Frédéric Godefroy, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXème au XVème siècle, vol. 1 (Paris: 1880), pp. 402c-403a.
  2. Trésor de la Langue française informatisé, s.vv. "garrocher; garrot": retrieved on 2 June 2013, .

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