colle
Meanings
Noun
1. glue
2. oral examination at a prépa or during the PASS (France, education)
3. conundrum, stumper (difficult question) (by extension, figurative, figuratively)
4. detention (school slang)
Examples11
J'ai besoin de colle.
I need glue.
Tu me poses une colle.
You've got me stumped.
Tom a pris une colle pour avoir parlé en classe.
Tom was given detention for talking during class.
Il a chié dans la colle.
He fucked up.
Les pots de colle ne sont pas admis.
No burrs allowed.
Cette colle n'adhère pas aux plastiques.
This glue does not adhere to plastic.