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toquer

Pronunciation: /tɔ.ke/

“toquer” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to bother, to dog
  2. to hit, to tap, to bang, to knock
  3. to fall in love; to fall head over heels (with)

In French

  1. Toucher, frapper en faisait un petit bruit sec.
  2. Donner des coups.
  3. ou Se cogner.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French toquer, tocquer, most likely from an onomatopoeic root *toc (based on the sound of hitting something), or alternatively from an Old Northern French *toquer, *tocquer (compare Old French tochier), from Vulgar Latin *tuccāre (“to strike; to touch”) (whence toucher).

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