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cahoter.

to bump, jolt

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/ka.ɔ.te/
  1. to bump, jolt

    transitive
  2. to jolt along, bounce along

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. The Trésor de la langue française suggests a derivation from Middle Dutch hotten (“to shake”) (see hocher). Other sources suggest a derivation from Latin quatiō, from Frankish *hottôn (see German hotzen), or that the word is onomatopoeic.

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