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hocher.

to nod (move one's head)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɔ.ʃe/
  1. to nod (move one's head)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French hochier, from Old French hochier (“to shake, jostle, stir, swing, move, twitch”), from Frankish *hotsōn, *hottisōn, from *hottōn (“to shake, toss”), from Proto-Germanic *hud- (“to swing, rock, shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ket- or *kwēt- (“to shake, rock back and forth”). See also hod. Cognates * Dutch hutsen, hutselen (“to shake, shudder”) * English hustle * Old English hūdenian (“to rock, shake”)

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