flingue
See also: flingué
French
Etymology
Probably borrowed from flinke, flingge, Bavarian variant of German Flinte.[1]
Noun
flingue m (plural flingues)
- (colloquial) shooter, pistol, gat (gun)
Derived terms
- flinguer
Verb
flingue
- inflection of flinguer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
References
- “flinke” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Further reading
- “flingue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.