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Meaning quail meaning

What does quail mean?
Definitions in simple English

quail Noun

— A quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds in the order . — The meat from this bird eaten as food.

quail

— verb (= flinch) draw back, as with fear or pain she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf — noun flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised — noun small gallinaceous game birds

Synonyms quail synonyms

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quail English » English

flinch recoil wince shrink funk partridge cringe tremble squinch grouse fear be afraid tremble in fear startle shy shudder shrink back shiver quiver quake migratory quail make one’s hair stand on end make one’s flesh creep little quail little intimidate have a feeling of repugnance get scared get frightened fish falter doggle cower common quail bushfowl bowerbird boggle bobwhite blench be frightened be discouraged be daunted balk Old World quail

Topics quail topics

What do people use quail to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal Types of animals

Bird
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Afraid

Conjugation quail conjugation

How do you conjugate quail?

quail · verb

Examples quail examples

How do I use quail in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I prefer quail eggs.

Movie subtitles

A quail may be small, but it's still a bird.
Good morning, Mrs Quail.
Before the quail, Sir Thomas?
The first quail of the season?
No, surely not before the quail, Sir Thomas.
I confess, I never could resist Lady Agatha's quail.
My father used to take me quail hunting.
He hunted quail while he was drunk.
I've got those yellowstain blues down from my head to my shoes you should see strong men quail if he should spy a shirt-tail.
Turkey stuffed with guinea-fowl, stuffed with quail. My recipe.
Trust me. These are quail eggs.
I raise quail.
That's what you think, little Quail.
That little quail of yours has a natural preference for men instead of.
Pratt, Ale and Quail. Pratt.
There's Mr. Osmond, President of the Ale and Quail Club.
Herr Standarten Fuhrer. during the time of the assassination of his Excellency. the late Reich Protector. at that very time, I was having lunch at the Golden Quail.
I told you. I told you, in the Golden Quail, eating.
And then two of Gruber's men came to escort me to the Golden Quail.
A fat quail, perchance?
Forsooth, a fat quail indeed.
Then on to Cremona Lots of quail in Cremona.
I sure would like to hunt a little of that quail.
Melba, the truck's full of quail.
I came in with 61 quail tonight. I used exactly three boxes. That's only 75 shells.
I'll have quail after the hors d'oeuvre.
More lead. Too much pressure, and a quail would go through.
A road of shifting sands and bruising rocks of quail that scoot through clumps of cactus and doves that rise in soft, whirring clouds.
Look at the quail.
Turkey stuffed with guinea-fowl, stuffed with quail.
These are quail eggs.
I bet you were sleeping. I was watching a big quail. but you scared it of f.
Quail with. grapes.
The other is eating roast quail in a sauce.
Most of it is tired quail that fly south the next day.
Those look like quail unless I'm much mistaken!
Maybe you hope to run off through the furrows like a quail or a squirrel?
Even I quail at the thought of another confrontation with miss westerman.
Hey, I've had my share of quail.

News and current affairs

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