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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To quack; croak.
  2. To suffocate; strangle; choke.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive, obsolete To choke.
  2. v. intransitive, archaic To make a quacking sound.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. Prov. Eng. To suffocate; to choke.

Examples

  • “Mrs. Salsify sat rather uneasily while her husband vaunted his superior knowledge of human nature, but the gentle Goslina began to quackle from the bed, and she soon forgot all else in care for the dear little creature.”

    Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems

  • “O, no! it had the softest little feminine quackle, for all the world like a downy young gosling; and Mrs. Salsify said she would have it called”

    Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems

  • “Simple ducks, in those royal waters, quackle for crumbs from young royal fingers: the little Dauphin has a little railed garden, where he is seen delving, with ruddy cheeks and flaxen curled hair; also”

    The French Revolution

  • ““To neither Quack nor quackle, on my account, my dear lady.”

    Saint Ronan's Well

  • “To neither Quack nor quackle, on my account, my dear lady.”

    St. Ronan's Well

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  1. suffocate
  1. choke

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  1. breathing

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  • sionnach To have one's breathing interrupted, e.g. by choking. Jan 29, 2008

  • sonofgroucho What is this? A small quack, perhaps? *Ducks* Jan 28, 2008

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