querk

Meaning

Verb

To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.
To grunt; moan.

Origin

, Danish kværke, Icelandic kyrkja, kvirkja, Middle Low German querken, Middle Low German querke, quarke, Old High German querka, querkela, Latin gurguliō. More at gurgle.

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