frapper

French

verb
Definitions
  • to hit, to strike, to bash
  • to knock (e.g. on a door)
  • to bang (to get attention)
  • (music) to beat time (as a conductor)
  • (music) to strike (a chord)
  • to strike down
  • to hit to be affected by a punishment
  • (figuratively) to strike
  • (bartending) to shake

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French frapper inherited from Old French fraper derived from Frankish *hrapōn (snatch, jerk, scuffle) derived from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną (scrape, scratch, seize) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krep-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)krep-

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