to carry, carry along; to transport (cargo etc.); to pull someone's leg, to rib (to tease someone in a good-natured way)
“La série télévisée américaine charrie une vision stéréotypée de la ville, qui n’est pas viable face aux dérèglements climatiques et à la nécessaire adaptation de la métropole, estiment des élus écologistes parisiens.” — The American television series peddles a stereotypical image of the city, which is not viable in the face of climate change and the way the capital must adapt to it, say Green councillors in Paris.
Synonyms: taquiner
Inherited from Old French charier, carier (whence English carry, through Anglo-Norman), probably from a derivative of Old French char (cf. charrer), from Latin carrus, ultimately of Gaulish origin. Most likely of the same origin as charroyer, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *carriāre or *carreāre, but more likely from char. Compare Occitan carrejar, Italian carreggiare, Spanish acarrear; cf. also Romanian căra.