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quitch

/kwɪt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quitch
IPA
/kwɪt͡ʃ/
20
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shake (something); to stir, move.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To stir; to move.

British usage; Intransitive verb

verb

To flinch; shrink.

Intransitive verb

noun

Elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed)

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English quicchen, quytchen, quecchen, from Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”). Related to Old English cwacian (“to quake”). More at quake.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: quicchen, cweċċan, quich, cwice, *kwikwā, *kwikwǭ

Usage

Inflected Forms

quitches (present, singular) quitching (participle, present) quitched (participle, past) quitched (past) quich (alternative) queach (alternative) queatch (alternative) quinch (alternative) quetch (alternative) queck (alternative) quich (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

couch quitchgrass

Phrases

couch-grass quitch grass

Synonyms

couch grass quackgrass

Rhymes With

which rich bitch switch on-off switch pitch sandwich witch mercury switch mitch ditch niche

Questions

How do you pronounce quitch?
The recorded pronunciation is /kwɪt͡ʃ/.
What does quitch mean?
To shake (something); to stir, move.
Where does quitch come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce quitch

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