tusent

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French

Verb

tusent

  1. (Quebec, slang, nonstandard) third-person plural present indicative of tuer
    • 1926 (1980 edition), Paul Coutlée, "Les quatre charretiers de l'apoplexie", in L. Mailhot & D.-M. Montpetit, Monologues québécois, pp. 132:
      […] on woit les coups d’canons qui tusent les saldats.
      you see the canon shots that kill soldiers.
    • 1957 (published 1971), Anonymous, "La Princesse aux Mains Coupées", in H. Bernier, La fille aux mains coupées, p. 40:
      C’est bin vrai. Tuons l’chien. // Pognent l’chien pis ils ltusent.
      That's true. Lets kill the dog. // They grab the dog and kill it.
    • 1967 (transcript published 1968), Pierre Perrault (director), Le Règne du Jour (documentary):
      Autant qu’possible, tous les cultivateurs, i tusent deux, trois cochons... quatre cochons par année.
      As much as possible, all the farmers, they kill two, three... four pigs a year
    • 1973, Michel Tremblay, C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux, page 43:
      Ah, oui, c’est la vue ousque Suzanne Signoret pis son chum tusent son mari.
      Oh, right, that's the movie that Suzanne Signoret and her boyfriend kill her husband
  2. (Quebec, slang, nonstandard) third-person plural present subjunctive of tuer
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