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noun, feminine

gifle

/ʒifl/

noun, feminine/ʒifl/plural: gifles

cheek; slap; slap in the face

Synonyms: soufflet, claque, talmouse, torgnole, baffe

Inherited from Middle French gifle, from Old French giffe, *gifle, *gifre, from Old Dutch *kifel, from Frankish *kebr, from Proto-Germanic *kebrą.