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torcher

Pronunciation: /tɔʁ.ʃe/

“torcher” is a French word. Its 5 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to wipe with a cloth to remove dirt
  2. to flare (to burn off excess gas at a petroleum drilling site)
  3. to churn out
  4. not to care, not to give a fuck
  5. to be drunk

In French

  1. Ouvrier qui construit des ouvrages en torchis.
  2. Essuyer, enlever la saleté.
  3. Faire grossièrement.
  4. Bruler avec une torche, une torchère.
  5. Battre à plate couture.
  6. Border un ouvrage de vannerie avec une torche.
  7. Éclairer quelque chose avec une torche électrique.
  8. Torcher le tas: Essuyer la colle qui coule entre les feuilles de carton que l’on a placé sous une presse.
  9. Finir de boire un liquide dans un contenant.

Etymology

From torche + -er. The vulgar sense is from the notion of wiping one's posterior after defecating.

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