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queak

queak is the alternative form of queek.

Meaning of queek

Noun

queek (plural queeks)

  1. A vocal sound produced by certain birds.
    • From reeds moorhens called to each other, the sounds light metallic “queeks.”2007, Samuel F. Pickering, Edinburgh Days: Or, Doing what I Want to Do, page 169

See all 3 meanings of queek

Forms of queak

Noun
pluralqueaks
Verb
third-person singular presentqueaks
present participlequeaking
past participlequeaked
pastqueaked

Questions about queak

What is queak the alternative form of?
Queak is the alternative form of queek.

Words near queak in the dictionary

  1. que será, será
  2. Que.
  3. queach
  4. queaches
  5. queachy
  6. queak
  7. queaked
  8. queaking
  9. queaks
  10. queal
  11. quealed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: queak (page history and authors); queek (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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