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resquiller

  • \ʁɛs.ki.je\

Where it comes from

Emprunté à l'occitan resquilhar, « glisser », de esquilhar.

verb resquiller · avoir resquillé · en resquillant · en ayant resquillé · resquillant · resquillé

  1. France Faire une petite tricherie, en particulier pour ne pas payer ce qui aurait dû l’être. Je pris le métro, en resquillant, jusqu'à la gare d'Austerlitz.

In English

  • wangle obtain through deceitful or manipulative methods
  • sneak to creep
  • cut in to join a queue in the middle
  • gatecrash 1. To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.
  • jump the queue to move into a queue ahead of others

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MLA

"resquiller." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/resquiller. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

resquiller. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/resquiller

Chicago

"resquiller." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/resquiller.

BibTeX
@misc{resquiller_2026,
  title = {resquiller},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/resquiller},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}