querk
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)k
- Homophone: quirk
Verb
querk (third-person singular simple present querks, present participle querking, simple past and past participle querked)
- (transitive) To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.
- (intransitive) To grunt; moan.
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