Vocabulary
piquer
to prick; to sting; to sting; to put down, euthanise (an animal); to nick, pinch, steal; to pride oneself on; to like to think that one can do; to stitch together; to dive, descend rapidly (of birds or planes); to dash (towards something)
Verb
précipitation
precipitation, unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste; precipitation, a reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container; precipitation (any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet))
Noun
zapper
to channel-hop, channel surf; to dither, change one's opinion rapidly, vacillate; to skip over; to forget
Verb
feuilleter
to leaf through (turn the pages of (a book) rapidly reading short sections at random); to laminate (cause to separate into thin layers)
Verb
foudroyant
rapid; devastating; fulminant; fatal, deadly (coming on quickly and destructively)
Adjective
zeste
a morsel of zest, citrus peel; a small quantity; An interjection expressing the suddenness or rapidity of an action. Bang! Boom!
Noun
bouillotte
hot water bottle; A rapidly-played variety of brelan or gleek (a card game resembling poker); Water heater
Noun
saccade
a jerk (jerking movement); a rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another; the act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins
Noun
chassepot
a breechloading, rapid-fire, long-range rifle used in the French army from 1866 to 1874
Noun
Long Sault
Long Sault; a rapids in the Ottawa River, Quebec, Canada; a rapids in the Saint Lawrence River, Ontario, Canada; a village in Ontario, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River
Name
sommeil paradoxal
REM sleep (stage of sleep during which most brain activity and dreams occur, characterised by rapid eye movement)
Noun
snacker
to cook rapidly in a very hot pan, or with a kitchen torch (often leaving the middle uncooked)
Verb
bouffée de chaleur
hot flash, hot flush (feeling of intense heat with sweating and rapid heartbeat, often caused by the changing hormone levels that are characteristic of menopause)
Noun
Zaporijia
Zaporizhzhia (an industrial city, the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia urban hromada, Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the River Dnipro); Zaporizhzhia (a raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine); Zaporizhzhia (an oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia); Zaporizhzhia (a geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks)
Name
vol coqueluche
a European climatotherapy for whooping cough, that involves a flight consisting of a rapid ascent to 3—3.5km up, staying there for 3/4—1 hour, descent to 1.5km and then landing
Noun
fondre comme neige au soleil
to shrink at a rate of knots, to melt away (to dwindle or diminish very rapidly)
Verb
comme un pet sur une toile cirée
like grease through a goose, as fast as greased lightning (very rapidly)
Adverb
cocktail météo
A combination or rapid succession of several types of precipitation such as rain, snow, freezing rain or sleet.
Noun