pétoche

See also: pétoché

French

Etymology

From péter +‎ -oche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.tɔʃ/

Noun

pétoche f (plural pétoches)

1. (informal) fear

   Tu m’as foutu la pétoche. ― You scared the hell out of me.

Derived terms

• pétocher (“to fear”)

Further reading

• “pétoche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.