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21 mousser
v. trans. & intrans.1. To 'get into a lather', to foam with rage.a To 'rub someone up the wrong way' and get him in a right old temper.b To bring a smile to someone's lips by praising him highly. Ça l'a drôlement fait mousser de devenir notre dirlo: He was cock-a-hoop at becoming our boss.3. Faire mousser quelque chose: To crack something up to what it isn't really. C'est un vrai camelot, il fait toujours mousser la marchandise: There's a bit of the street-hawker in him the way he bulls his goods. -
22 palucher
I.v. trans. To 'paw', to touch salaciously (also: envoyer les paluches).II.v. trans. reflex.1. To 'beat the dummy', to 'wank', to masturbate2. Se palucher de: To be 'cock-a-hoop', to be 'over the moon', to be proud of oneself about something. Il se paluchait d'être arrive le premier. He was certainly crowing over being the first one to arrive.3. Se palucher sur. To have illusions about. On se paluchait guère sur ses talents! We had our doubts as to his ability! -
23 pou
n. m.1. Chercher des poux à quelqu'un: To deliberately pick a quarrel with someone (as the image suggests, in a 'nit-picking' way).2. ¼comme un pou (comparative with a superlative implication). Etre moche comme un pou: To be as ugly as sin. Etre sale comme un pou (of person): To be as filthy as they come. Etre fier comme un pou: To be crowing with pride. Bicher comme un pou ( dans la crème fraîche): To be 'cock-a-hoop', to be beside oneself with pride and elation.
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Hoop — Hoop, n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.] 1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hoop — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Edward Hoop (1925−2008), deutscher Pädagoge, Historiker und Schriftsteller Hein Hoop (1927–1986), deutscher Schriftsteller und Künstler Imbi Hoop (* 1988), estnische Fußballspielerin Jaap de Hoop Scheffer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
hoop — hoop; hoop·erat·ing; hoop·ing; hoop·la; hoop·less; hoop·man; hoop·ster; hoop·er; … English syllables
hoop — [ho͞op; ] also [ hoop] n. [ME < OE hop, akin to Du hoep, OFris hop, prob. < IE * keub < base * keu , to bend, curve > Lith kabė̃, a hook] 1. a circular band or ring for holding together the staves of a barrel, cask, etc. 2. anything… … English World dictionary
hoop — [hu:p US hup, hu:p] n [: Old English; Origin: hop] 1.) a large ring made of wood, metal, plastic etc 2.) a large ring that children used to play with in the past, or that ↑circus animals are made to jump through 3.) a) the ring that you have to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Hoop — Hoop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hooping}.] 1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. [1913 Webster] 2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hoop — Hoop, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. {Whoop}.] 1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hoop — [ hup ] noun count 1. ) an object in the shape of a circle, usually made of metal, plastic, or wood: a basketball hoop hoop earrings a ) a large ring used in a CIRCUS for animals to jump through b ) a large ring that children use for jumping… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hoop — (n.) late 12c., probably from an unrecorded O.E. *hop, from P.Gmc. *hopa , a Low German Frisian word (Cf. O.Fris. hop, M.Du., Du. hoep hoop, O.N. hop a small bay ). As something someone jumps through (on horseback) as a circus trick, by 1793.… … Etymology dictionary
Hoop — Hoop, v. t. [Written also whoop.] 1. To drive or follow with a shout. To be hooped out of Rome. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To call by a shout or peculiar cry. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hoop — Hoop, n. 1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) The hoopoe. See {Hoopoe}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English