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Top One Word Subsitutions - 'Q'

Quail means to feel frightened or show fear. It refers to a small bird known for being easily frightened. Quack refers to both the sound ducks make and a person who dishonestly claims medical skills. Quaff means to drink something quickly or in large amounts. Queer can refer to something strange, unusual, or mentally unbalanced, and was also formerly used as an offensive term for homosexual. Quell means to stop or suppress something violent or unpleasant feelings.

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Top One Word Subsitutions - 'Q'

Quail means to feel frightened or show fear. It refers to a small bird known for being easily frightened. Quack refers to both the sound ducks make and a person who dishonestly claims medical skills. Quaff means to drink something quickly or in large amounts. Queer can refer to something strange, unusual, or mentally unbalanced, and was also formerly used as an offensive term for homosexual. Quell means to stop or suppress something violent or unpleasant feelings.

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QUAIL (N/V)

[kweyl]

Meaning:-

a small bird whose meat and eggs are


used for food (N)
to feel frightened, showing fear

Mind Tricks:-

Quail is a small bird who easily gets frightened.


So quail means to feel frightened.
Quail also sounds like Koyal (cuckoo in India), which is also
a wimpish bird and easily get frightenedby other birds.
Usages:-

1. Children quailed when they saw a lion near them.

QUACK

(N/V) [kwak]

Meaning:-

the sound that a duck makes (N)

to make harsh sound like a duck (V)

Other Meaning:

a person who dishonestly claims to


have medical skills (Adj.)

Noun:- Quackery
Adjective:- Quackish
Mind Tricks For Other Meaning:-

Quack sounds like Quick. Quack is someone who has


no qualification but wants to earnQuick money.
So try to remember Quack earns Quick Money.
Usages:-

1. I have got a check-up with the quack.


2. Spectators are quacking into the stadium.

QUAFF (V/N)

[kwawf]

Meaning:-

to swallow something hurriedly and


quickly
to drink a large amount of something
quickly
an act of instant swallowing

Mind Tricks:Quaff sounds like Cough. When you have cough, you
may drink syrup quickly. (quaff means drink quickly)
So always remember "Quaff(drink quickly) Syrup when
youCough"
Usages:-

1. He quaff water as if he is thirsty.

2. However, the quaff of choice at the bar seemed to be beer.

QUEER (N/V/Adj.)

[kweer]

Meaning:-

strange or unusual
not feeling physically right or well,
mentally unbalanced, in dangerous
to prevent something

Other Meaning:

an offensive word for a homosexual

desire for homo-sex

Mind Tricks:Pronunciation of Queer is little like Weird,


so Queer means Weird.
Always try remember "Queer -Weird"

Queer looks like Queen. Our Queen is Queer(Gay or


Homo-sex) and she always tries to hide her queerness(Gay or
Homo-sex)

. (Queer means to hide or prevent)

Usages:-

1. These men are queer.


2. They have queered all money inside.

QUELL (V)

[kwel]

Meaning:-

to stop or suppress something violent


to stop or reduce strong or unpleasant
feelings

Noun:- Queller, Quelling


Adjective:- Quelled
Mind Tricks:-

Quell sounds like Quill(a feather pen). Minister writes a letter


with his Quill pen to stop or suppress the violent.
A letter written by Quill to Quell(suppress the violent).

Quell sounds like Hell. A sinner gets


quelled(suppressed) in Hell.

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