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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quob

/kwɑb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quob
IPA
/kwɑb/
15
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To throb; to quiver.

Intransitive verb

noun

A marshy spot; bog, quagmire; quicksand.

noun

A heap or mess; a bad condition.

noun

An unfirm layer of fat.

noun

A throb or palpitation.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English quabbe, from Old English *cwabbe, from Proto-West Germanic *kwabbā (“soggy ground”). Compare Middle Low German quobbe (“swampy ground”), Middle High German quabbe (“marshy ground, unstable moorland”), whence Modern German Quabbe (“large bulge”). For the verb, compare German Low German quabbeln, quobbeln (“to tremble, vibrate”), German quabbeln (“to move back and forth as a squishy mass, wobble, jiggle”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: quabbe, *cwabbe, *kwabbā

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kwɑb/
  • British English: /kwɒb/

Usage

Inflected Forms

quobs (present, singular) quobbing (participle, present) quobbed (participle, past) quobbed (past) quab (alternative) quobs (plural)

Derived Forms

quobby quobmire

Rhymes With

job bob rob mob cobb knob gear knob ob sob fob blob cob

Questions

How do you pronounce quob?
The recorded pronunciation is /kwɑb/.
What does quob mean?
To throb; to quiver.
Where does quob come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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