vriller

== French == === Etymology === From vrille +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vʁi.je/ === Verb === vriller (intransitive) to spiral; to spin (transitive) to twist; to roll up; to wrap up Il vrille un cordon de soie. ― He is twisting a silk cord. (transitive) to gimlet; to bore; to pierce (transitive, figurative) to torment; to penetrate painfully un son qui me vrille le tympan ― a sound that tears through my eardrums (transitive) to stare piercingly (colloquial) to break down ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “vriller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012