quag

[ kwag, kwog ]

/ kwæg, kwɒg /

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noun

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Origin of quag

First recorded in 1580–90; expressive word, obscurely akin to quake

Words nearby quag

quadrupole, quads, quaere, quaestor, quaff, quag, quagga, quaggy, quagmire, quahog, quaich

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How to use quag in a sentence

There is a quag between us and that light, and you will walk into it up to your neck unless I take you round.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy
Once the quag was so deep, that to avoid sinking in it we had to be carried, one by one, on the back of our Malay driver.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I|Karl Ritter von Scherzer
I suppose he must have wrung his off hind leg in fighting through the quag.
The Splendid Spur|Arthur T. Quiller Couch
Quaw or quagh; a quag or quagmire:—'I was unwilling to attempt the quagh.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce

"I always said old Cornelius Husk was slow," said one Quag man to another.
Toaster's Handbook|Peggy Edmund and Harold W. Williams, compilers

British Dictionary definitions for quag

quag

/ (kwÃ¦É¡, kwÉ’É¡) /

noun

another word for quagmire

Word Origin for quag

C16: perhaps related to quake; compare Middle Low German quabbe

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quag

Origin of quag

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