quailing

quail

Q q

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kweyl]
- /kweɪl/
- /kweɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kweyl]
- /kweɪl/

Definitions of quailing word

verb without object quailing to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear. 1
noun quailing Present participle of quail. 1

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Origin of quailing

First appearance:

before 1400

One of the 24% oldest English words

1400-50; late Middle English < Middle Dutch quelen, queilen

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Parts of speech for Quailing

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Quailing

quailing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for quailing

adjective quailing

creeping — (of a plant) having a stem that grows horizontally along the ground and throws out roots at intervals
worming — Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
on all fours — all four limbs or extremities; the four legs or feet of an animal or both arms and both legs or both hands and both feet of a person: The cat rolled off the ledge but landed on all fours.
inching — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.

All 4 Synonyms of quailing