quitch

Meaning

Noun

Elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed)

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To shake (something); to stir, move.
2. (UK, intransitive, regional) To stir; to move.
3. (intransitive) To flinch; shrink.

Synonyms

couch grass

twitch

dog grass

Bermuda grass

quick grass

blue couch grass

Translations

Quecke

chiendent

kweek

Agropyron

Elytrigia repens

grama

نجيل

ayrık otu

Hundszahn

Kriech-Quecke

αγριάδα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kwɪt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: quich

Inherited from Old English: cwice

Cognate with Dutch: kweek

Cognate with German: Quecke

In summary

From Middle English quich, a palatalized variant of quike, quyke, from Old English cwice, from Proto-West Germanic *kwikwā, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwǭ. Cognate with Dutch kweek, German Low German Queek, German Quecke.