torcher

== English == === Etymology === From torch +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ) Homophone: torture Hyphenation: torch‧er === Noun === torcher (plural torchers) One who torches something. (obsolete) One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch. (music) A torch song (music) A singer of a torch song (science fiction) The pilot of a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion). === References === Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2026), “torcher, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction. == French == === Etymology === From torche +‎ -er. The vulgar sense is from the notion of wiping one's posterior after defecating. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔʁ.ʃe/ === Verb === torcher to wipe with a cloth to remove dirt to flare (to burn off excess gas at a petroleum drilling site) (slang) to churn out Synonym: bâcler (vulgar, reflexive) not to care, not to give a fuck (slang, passive voice) to be drunk ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== torchage torche-cul torchée torcheur torchon === Further reading === “torcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition