quitch

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.

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.

Synonyms

couch grass

twitch

dog grass

Bermuda grass

quick grass

blue couch grass

Translations

Quecke

chiendent

kweek

perz

Agropyron

Elytrigia repens

grama

نجيل

ayrık otu

Hundszahn

Kriech-Quecke

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