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gauler.

to beat, beat down (with a pole)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡo.le/
  1. to beat, beat down (with a pole)

    transitive
  2. to catch

    colloquial · transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French gauler (“to knock down with a pole”), from Old French gauler, wauller (“to fight with a pole”), from gaule, waulle (“long pole, rod”), from Frankish *walu (“stick”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“stick, root”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). By surface analysis, gaule + -er. More at gaule.

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