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Synonyms for quacked
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kwak |
| Phonetic Transcription : kwæk |
Top 10 synonyms for quacked Other synonyms for the word quacked
- babble
- bawl
- bay
- bellow
- blather
- bleat
- burble
- cackle
- call
- caw
- chatter
- chuckle
- clack
- clamor
- cluck
- croak
- crow
- ejaculate
- gabble
- gasp
- gibber
- gobble
- grunt
- hail
- hiss
- holler out
- hoot
- jabber
- low
- meow
- moo
- nicker
- pipe
- quack
- roar
- screech
- shout
- shriek
- sing out
- snarl
- snicker
- snigger
- squawk
- titter
- trill
- tweet
- utter huskily
- utter throatily
- vociferate
- wheeze
- whinny
- whistle
- whoop
- yawp
- yelp
Définition of quacked
Origin :- "to make a duck sound," 1610s, earlier quake (1520s), variant of quelke (early 14c.), of echoic origin (cf. Middle Dutch quacken, Old Church Slavonic kvakati, Latin coaxare "to croak," Greek koax "the croaking of frogs," Hittite akuwakuwash "frog"). Middle English on the quakke (14c.) meant "hoarse, croaking." Related: Quacked; quacking.
- As in cackle : verb laugh irritatingly
- As in croak : verb make husky, squawking noise
- As in cry : verb call out, yell
- It muddled the water with its beak, drank, and quacked to the life.
- Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIII.--April, 1852.--Vol. IV. » by Various
- I could not get them into it; I quacked and snapped at them, but it was no good.
- Extract from : « Favorite Fairy Tales » by Various
- They screeched and quacked and scolded, pecking at his legs as he got among them.
- Extract from : « Alone on an Island » by W.H.G. Kingston
- They quacked and scuffled in the thick reeds at night, as we walked near them.
- Extract from : « Thirty Years in Australia » by Ada Cambridge
- The Duck quacked and made a great noise, but she was soon silenced.
- Extract from : « Canadian Fairy Tales » by Cyrus Macmillan
- Then Jimmie, just to show what he could do, quacked again, harder than before.
- Extract from : « Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble » by Howard R. Garis
- Before she knew it, Quackalina had flapped her great wings and quacked aloud three times, and three times again!
- Extract from : « Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales » by Ruth McEnery Stuart
- He quacked indeed, but he would not bend his head or bow to the old duck properly.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, August 10, 1895 » by Various
- Swallows under the windows were twittering and preparing to fly, ducks splashed and quacked in the neighbouring pond.
- Extract from : « The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci » by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
- When he quacked back that he could not, the flock returned and showed him again and again how easy it was to fly over the fence.
- Extract from : « Wild Folk » by Samuel Scoville
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