bouffer
Meanings
Verb
1. to eat (colloquial, transitive, intransitive)
2. to eat, to worry (colloquial, transitive, figuratively)
3. to consume in excess (colloquial, transitive)
4. to bash (criticise harshly) (colloquial, transitive)
Examples16
Tous ces problèmes avec ma femme, ça me bouffe.
All these problems with my wife are eating away at me
Cette bagnole bouffe quinze litres aux cent facilement.
This car gobbles fifteen liters per hundred (kilometres) easily.
J'ai la dalle, j'ai pas encore bouffé.
I'm famished, I haven't eaten yet.
J'ai la dalle, on va bouffer ?
I’m starving, let’s grab a bite?
Mon chien l'a bouffé.
My dog ate it.
Donne-lui la main, il te bouffera le bras !
Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.