Also means
to scrape
Usage Note
Crisser describes the high-pitched scraping or screeching sound made by tyres on tarmac, chalk on a blackboard, or sand underfoot. It is an expressive, onomatopoeic verb with no direct single-word English equivalent. The noun un crissement refers to the scraping or screeching sound itself.
Examples
"Les pneus ont crissé au carrefour."
Natural Translation
The tyres screeched at the crossroads.
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