Boucher

Definition: (verb) - to cork, plug, block

N'oublie pas de boucher le vin - Don't forget to (re)cork the wine bottle.

J'ai le nez bouché - My nose is plugged up.

(familiar) Ça lui en a bouché un coin - He was gobsmacked/flabbergasted.

un boucher - butcher (person)

Related: la boucherie - butcher (shop), un bouche-trou - stop-gap; un bouchon - cork, stopper

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Pronunciation: [boo shay]