flamber
Meanings
Verb
1. to flame, flambé (transitive)
2. to squander money, especially on gambling (transitive, figuratively)
3. (of costs, rates, etc) to rise sharply; to surge; to skyrocket (transitive, figuratively)
4. to burn, blaze (intransitive)
5. to buckle
Examples6
Les prix à la production flambent en raison des droits de douane
Producer prices surge due to tariffs
Les prix ont flambé.
Prices have soared.
Tom a tout flambé.
Tom used up all his money.
J'ai flambé.
I've spent a lot.
La forêt flambe.
The forest is burning.
Nous flambâmes notre fric.
We shot our wad.