vriller
Meanings
Verb
1. to spiral; to spin (intransitive)
2. to twist; to roll up; to wrap up (transitive)
3. to gimlet; to bore; to pierce (transitive)
4. to torment; to penetrate painfully (transitive, figurative, figuratively)
5. to stare piercingly (transitive)
6. to break down (colloquial)
Examples3
Il vrille un cordon de soie.
He is twisting a silk cord.
un son qui me vrille le tympan
a sound that tears through my eardrums
La situation a rapidement vrillé.
The situation quickly got out of control.