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Definition of Quetch
1. Verb. Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness. "They quetch that there was a traffic accident "; "She has a lot to kick about"
Specialized synonyms: Hen-peck, Nag, Peck, Backbite, Bitch, Grizzle, Whine, Yammer, Yawp, Croak, Gnarl, Grumble, Murmur, Mutter, Grouch, Grumble, Scold, Protest, Repine, Beef, Bellyache, Bitch, Crab, Gripe, Grouse, Holler, Squawk, Inveigh, Rail, Bemoan, Bewail, Deplore, Lament, Report, Bleat
Antonyms: Cheer
Derivative terms: Complainer, Complaint, Kick
Definition of Quetch
1. Verb. (alternative form of quitch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quetch
1. to stir [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: stir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quetch
Literary usage of Quetch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society by James Simpson, Richard Saul Ferguson, William Gershom Collingwood (1881)
"Sorrow or suffering shall never QUECK, quetch, move, alarm, torment, me more.
In any case MEC MORE, ME MORE, or some such words, must have ended the line to ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"In Phillips, and his abbreviator Kersey, it is quetch. QUICK, a., in the sense
of living, ought to be generally understood, since it occurs in the Creed; ..."
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