mou, n.m., soft; slack (of a rope); lights (of animals).
mouchage, n.m., snuffing (of candles).
mouchard, n.m., or mouche, (l.u.) n.f., spy, police-spy, informer.
moucharder, v.a., to inform, to spy, to spy upon.
mouche, n.f., fly; patch (on the face); beauty-spot; button (of a foil); (astron.) musca; (of a target) bull’s-eye; (nav.) fen-boat; loo (at cards). Prendre la —; to take offense easily, to be touchy. Gober les —s; to stand gaping. Faire d’une — un éléphant; to make a mountain of a molehill. Quelle — vous a piqué? why, what’s the matter with you? what ails you? what whim have you got into your head? Des pieds de —s; scrawl (writing). —s volantes; (med.) motes in the eyes. Faire des pieds de —s; to write an illegible scrawl. C’est une fine —; he, she is a sly dog. Chiures de —s; fly-blows. —-guêpe, (—s-—s) (ent.) wasp-fly. — bleue; blue-bottle. — à feu; fire-fly. — abeille; drone. — à miel; honey-bee. On prend plus de —s avec du miel qu’avec du vinaigre; more is done by kindness than by harshness.
moucher, v.a., to wipe the nose of; to snuff; ☉(fam.) to spy, to dog. Mouchez cet enfant; wipe that child’s nose. — une chandelle; to snuff a candle.
se moucher, v.r., to blow one’s nose. Mouchez-vous; blow your nose. Ne pas se — du pied or du coude; to be up to snuff; to be no fool; to do things in grand style.
moucher, v.n., to clear one’s nose.
moucherolle, n.m., (orni.) fly-catcher.
moucheron, n.m., gnat, midge, very small fly; snuff (of a candle).