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



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