gifl'ye

Of Germanic origins (compare French gifle).

gifl'ye f (plural gifl'yes)

1. (Jersey) slap

• charabouste, girnouffl'ye, mornifl'ye, nord-êt, paffe, talmouse

• cliamuse, cliaque (“slap in the face”)

• bailli eune cliamuse, cliamûser (“to slap in the face”)
• bailli eune paffe, env'yer eune cliaque (“to smack”)
• charbousseter, cliaper, cliatchi (“to slap”)