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barboter.

to splash

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/baʁ.bɔ.te/
  1. to splash

  2. to nick, to pinch (to steal)

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

From earlier barbetter (“to dig about”), from Middle French borbeter (“to shake in the mud”), of uncertain origin:. * Possibly from barbe (“beard”) + -oter * From bourbouter (“wading (in mud)”), from bourbe (“mud, mire”) * From an onomatopoeic root influenced by Latin ballus, from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō, “to jump about”); this is also found in the second element of the genus Zygoballus * Less likely, related to the fish barbote

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