quag

[ kwag, kwog ]

/ kwæg, kwɒg /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR quag ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a quagmire.

Origin of quag

First recorded in 1580–90; expressive word, obscurely akin to quake

Words nearby quag

quadrupole, quads, quaere, quaestor, quaff, quag, quagga, quaggy, quagmire, quahog, quaich

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Example sentences from the Web for quag

I suppose he must have wrung his off hind leg in fighting through the quag.
The Splendid Spur|Arthur T. Quiller Couch
Quaw or quagh; a quag or quagmire:—'I was unwilling to attempt the quagh.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce
"I always said old Cornelius Husk was slow," said one Quag man to another.
Toaster's Handbook|Peggy Edmund and Harold W. Williams, compilers
Once the quag was so deep, that to avoid sinking in it we had to be carried, one by one, on the back of our Malay driver.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I|Karl Ritter von Scherzer

But the light is at the inn, and there is no quag in front of that.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for quag

quag

/ (kwæɡ, kwɒɡ) /

noun

another word for quagmire

Word Origin for quag

C16: perhaps related to quake; compare Middle Low German quabbe

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单词	quag
释义	quag [ kwag, kwog ] / kwæg, kwɒg / SEE SYNONYMS FOR quag ON THESAURUS.COM noun a quagmire. Origin of quag First recorded in 1580–90; expressive word, obscurely akin to quake Words nearby quag quadrupole, quads, quaere, quaestor, quaff, quag, quagga, quaggy, quagmire, quahog, quaich Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for quag I suppose he must have wrung his off hind leg in fighting through the quag. The Splendid Spur\|Arthur T. Quiller Couch Quaw or quagh; a quag or quagmire:—'I was unwilling to attempt the quagh.' English As We Speak It in Ireland\|P. W. Joyce "I always said old Cornelius Husk was slow," said one Quag man to another. Toaster's Handbook\|Peggy Edmund and Harold W. Williams, compilers Once the quag was so deep, that to avoid sinking in it we had to be carried, one by one, on the back of our Malay driver. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I\|Karl Ritter von Scherzer But the light is at the inn, and there is no quag in front of that. Return of the Native\|Thomas Hardy British Dictionary definitions for quag quag / (kwæɡ, kwɒɡ) / noun another word for quagmire Word Origin for quag C16: perhaps related to quake; compare Middle Low German quabbe Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to quag marshland, fen, mire, glade, quagmire, mud, moor, slough, marsh, swampland, bog, morass, swale, polder, wetland, bottoms, muskeg, everglade, holm, peat bog
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quag

noun

Origin of quag

Words nearby quag

Example sentences from the Web for quag

British Dictionary definitions for quag

noun

Word Origin for quag

Words related to quag