querken
transitive verb
querk·en
-kən
-ed/-ing/-s
dialectal, chiefly England
: to cause to gasp : choke
Word History
Etymology
Middle English querkenen; akin to Old Frisian querka, quertza to choke, Middle Low German querken, Old Norse kyrkja, kvirkja; denominatives from the root of Old Norse kverk throat
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