Question 1

What does "bourrer" mean in French?

Accepted Answer

To stuff with stuffing.
By the barrel, to load the wadding of a firearm.
To fill a thing with any kind of material.
To fill the stomach beyond what it can contain.
Speaking of a dog, to tear off the fur of game, with a bite, in pursuing it.
To give thrusts of a foil, of the butt of a gun.
To strike, hit, maltreat.
To quarrel, to reprimand in a abrupt manner, to push forcibly, to mistreat with words.
To put useless things in a written work.
To swell up.
To go fast, to rush.
Said of a horse that, without the rider being able to prevent it, rushes forward quickly.
Said of molten lead that finishes its flow on the sand without going any further.
Said of a tool, an apparatus, that becomes clogged with any material.
To eat, drink in excess.

Question 2

Where does the French word "bourrer" come from?

Accepted Answer

appears with the meaning of "to mistreat" derived from the Old French burir (bourrir, to rush).

Question 3

What is the translation of "bourrer" into english?

Accepted Answer

cram

bourrer

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