Esballonner (popular), to slip away, “to mizzle.” See [Patatrot].
Esbigner (popular), s’——, to slip away, “to mizzle.” See [Patatrot].
Esblinder (popular), to astound.
Esbloquant, adj. (popular), astounding.
Esbloquer (popular), to astound. S’——, to feel astonished. Ne vous esbloquez donc pas comme ça, do not be so astonished, keep cool.
Esbrouf (thieves’), d’——, all at once; violently; by surprise.
D’esbrouf je l’estourbis.—Vidocq. (I suddenly knocked him over the head.)
Esbroufe, esbrouffe, coup à l’——. See [A l’esbrouffe].
Esbrouffeur, m. (thieves’), thief who practises the kind of theft called “[Vol à l’esbrouffe]” (which see).
Esbrouffeuse, f., flash girl who makes much fuss.