quitch

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Definition von quitch im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

To stir; move

To shake; stir; move

To flinch; shrink

A species of grass, often considered as a weed

Figuratively: A vice; a taint; an evil

Same as Quitch grass

Relevante Übersetzungen

quitch grass

Also called couch grass, quack grass, quick grass, twitch grass

quitch grass

See Illustration in Appendix

quitch grass

A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed

quitch grass

Couch grass

Etymologie

() From Middle English quicchen, quytchen, quecchen, from Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) from Proto-Germanic *kwakjanan (“to shake, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake, swing”). Related to Old English cwacian (“to quake”). More at quake.