QUACKLE

Etymology

Verb

quackle (third-person singular simple present quackles, present participle quackling, simple past and past participle quackled)

(transitive, obsolete) To choke.

(intransitive, archaic) To make a quacking sound.

Source: Wiktionary


Quac"kle, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Quackled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quackling.] Etym: [Cf.Querken.]

Definition: To suffocate; to choke. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

27 May 2025

DIRECTIONALITY

(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

coffee icon