trépigner

== French == === Etymology === From a suffixed form of Old French treper. Cognate with English trape (“to run about idly”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁe.pi.ɲe/ === Verb === trépigner (intransitive) to stamp or shuffle one's feet (usually of horses or humans) Synonym: piétiner (intransitive, figurative) to wait nervously or angrily (transitive) to trample (transitive, figurative) to severely criticize, to speak badly of (transitive, slang, dated) to beat up ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “trépigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012