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Definition: to graze, to nibble, (slang) to be annoying

Les vaches broutent l'herbe pendant tout l'été. - Cows graze on grass all summer.

Il nous les broute ! - He's a pain in the neck!

Related: le broutement - grazing, nibbling; le broutage - grazing, nibbling; un broutard - grass-fed calf

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