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quag

UK/kwæɡ//kwæɡ/

quag noun: quagmire; marsh; bog.

Noun

quag (plural quags)

  1. (obsolete) Quagmire; marsh; bog.
    • If a person ventures on one of these quags, it bends in waves under his feet; and if the surface breaks, he is in danger of sinking to the bottom.1771 December 16, John Walker, Account of the Irruption of Solway Moss
    • Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells1784, William Cowper, Tirocinium; or, a Review of Schools

quag meaning in Urdu and Kannada

quag in Urdu

دلدل, نرم

quag in Kannada

ಜೌಗು ಪ್ರದೇಶ

Forms of quag

pluralquags
alternative formquaw
alternative possibly (obsolete, rare)quagh

Origin of quag

Uncertain. Most often suggested to be an alteration of Middle English quabbe (“a marsh, bog”), from Old English *cwabbe (“that which shakes or trembles, something soft and flabby”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwabbā (“soggy ground”); this is supported by 1590s attestations of quabmire for quagmire (other earlier variants are quamire, from the 1550s, and quavemire from the 1520s). It has alternatively been suggested to be related to quake, as quaggy ground quakes when trod. Compare typologically Russian тряси́на (trjasína) (see for more).

Words formed from quag

Words that rhyme with quag

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Questions about quag

What does quag mean?
Quag means quagmire; marsh; bog.
What is quag in Urdu?
Quag in Urdu is دلدل, نرم. See Quag meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is quag?
Quag is a noun.
How do you pronounce quag?
Quag is pronounced /kwæɡ/ (US).
What is the plural of quag?
The plural of quag is quags.

Words near quag in the dictionary

  1. quaffingly
  2. quaffings
  3. quaffle
  4. quaffles
  5. quaffs
  6. quag
  7. quagga
  8. quagga mussel
  9. quagga mussels
  10. quaggas
  11. Quaggers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quag (page history and authors); quag (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quag (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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