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quetch

PRONUNCIATION:

(kwech)

MEANING:

verb intr.:
1. To twitch or stir.
2. To break the silence by uttering a sound.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old English cweccan (to shake or stir). Earliest documented use: 1150.

USAGE:

“The hyena howled, berating himself for his paralysis, quetching into the air at his own stupidity.”
Jonathon Chase; Between; WestBow Press; 2014.

See more usage examples of quetch in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

The crucial disadvantage of aggression, competitiveness, and skepticism as national characteristics is that these qualities cannot be turned off at five o'clock. -Margaret Halsey, novelist (13 Feb 1910-1997)

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