barboter

to splash; to nick, to pinch (to steal)

From earlier barbetter (“to dig about”), from Middle French borbeter (“to shake in the mud”), of uncertain origin:. * Possibly from barbe (“beard”) + -oter * From bourbouter (“wading (in mud)”), from bourbe (“mud, mire”) * From an onomatopoeic root influenced by Latin ballus, from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō, “to jump about”); this is also found in the second element of the genus Zygoballus * Less likely, related to the fish barbote