quicher

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ʃe/

Etymology 1

From esquicher.

Verb

quicher

1. (slang) to throw up, to puke, to upchuck

   Synonyms: gerber, dégueuler, vomir

2. (slang) to force something into a space too small for it: to cram, to squeeze

Synonyms

• dégueuler

Etymology 2

From quiche (“to slap, strike”) +‎ -er.

Verb

quicher

1. (slang) to humiliate

Conjugation

Conjugation of quicher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	quicher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	quichant /ki.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		quiché /ki.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	quiche /kiʃ/	quiches /kiʃ/	quiche /kiʃ/	quichons /ki.ʃɔ̃/	quichez /ki.ʃe/	quichent /kiʃ/
	imperfect	quichais /ki.ʃɛ/	quichais /ki.ʃɛ/	quichait /ki.ʃɛ/	quichions /ki.ʃjɔ̃/	quichiez /ki.ʃje/	quichaient /ki.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	quichai /ki.ʃe/	quichas /ki.ʃa/	quicha /ki.ʃa/	quichâmes /ki.ʃam/	quichâtes /ki.ʃat/	quichèrent /ki.ʃɛʁ/
	future	quicherai /kiʃ.ʁe/	quicheras /kiʃ.ʁa/	quichera /kiʃ.ʁa/	quicherons /kiʃ.ʁɔ̃/	quicherez /kiʃ.ʁe/	quicheront /kiʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	quicherais /kiʃ.ʁɛ/	quicherais /kiʃ.ʁɛ/	quicherait /kiʃ.ʁɛ/	quicherions /ki.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	quicheriez /ki.ʃə.ʁje/	quicheraient /kiʃ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	quiche /kiʃ/	quiches /kiʃ/	quiche /kiʃ/	quichions /ki.ʃjɔ̃/	quichiez /ki.ʃje/	quichent /kiʃ/
	imperfect2	quichasse /ki.ʃas/	quichasses /ki.ʃas/	quichât /ki.ʃa/	quichassions /ki.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	quichassiez /ki.ʃa.sje/	quichassent /ki.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	quiche /kiʃ/	—	quichons /ki.ʃɔ̃/	quichez /ki.ʃe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).