rouer
Meanings
Verb
1. to curl up, roll up (transitive)
2. to roll (of e.g. birds, to spin in the air) (intransitive)
3. to beat upon the breaking wheel (transitive)
4. to run over (squash by driving over) (transitive)
5. to abuse, beat (subject to a beating) (transitive)
Examples4
Tom fut roué de coups.
Tom was badly beaten up.
Il a été roué de coups.
He was beaten black and blue.
Tom a été roué de coups avant d'être tué.
Tom was badly beaten before being killed.
Mon père me rouait de coups chaque fois qu'il se soûlait.
My father used to whale on me whenever he got drunk.