Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.
- To grunt; moan.
- noun An obsolete or dialectal form of
quirk .
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- verb transitive To
throttle ;choke ;stifle ;suffocate . - verb intransitive To
grunt ;moan .
Etymologies
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From Middle English querken, from Old English *cwiercan, *cweorcan ("to throttle, smother"), from *cweorc ("throat"), from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (“gullet, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷergʷ-, *gʷerkʷ-, *gʷerw- (“throat, neck”). Cognate with North Frisian querke, quirke ("to querk"), Danish kværke ("to throttle, strangle, suffocate"), Icelandic kyrkja, kvirkja ("to throttle, strangle"), Latin gurguliō ("throat"). More at gurgle.
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Examples
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To "querk" is to complain without good cause; to "twank" is to complain with real cause.
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I just don't prefer the odd new shapes and querk-E designs that are becoming more and more popular these days.
Autoblog 2009
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