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Webster 1913 Edition


Querken

Querk′en

,
Verb.
T.
[Icel.
kverk
throat. [GREEK].]
To stifle or choke.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Definition 2024


querken

querken

English

Alternative forms

  • quirken

Verb

querken (third-person singular simple present querkens, present participle querkening, simple past and past participle querkened)

  1. (transitive) To querk.
  2. (intransitive) To grunt; moan.