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quork

quork noun: the cry of a raven.

Noun

quork (plural quorks)

  1. The cry of a raven.
    • Ten minutes later a raven lands on my blind, and I hear the heavy wingbeats of others, a soft quork here, a knocking there.1989, Bernd Heinrich, Ravens in Winter, page 219
    • A flock of ravens rose from inside the walls when they climbed through the broken gate, and the caged ravens in their wagons called out to them with quorks and raucous shrieks.1999, George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, unnumbered page
    Synonyms:
    gronk

Verb

quork (third-person singular simple present quorks, present participle quorking, simple past and past participle quorked)

  1. To make a quorking sound.
    • They quork a few times during their apparent morning inspecting for intruders and return down the valley to the pond.1989, Bernd Heinrich, Ravens in Winter, page 259
    • He could hear the ravens quorking and complaining in the rookery above.2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 549
    Synonyms:
    gronk

Examples of quork in a sentence

  • The sounds are the muffled gurgling of runoff under frozen brooks, and the sharp quork-quork-quork of ravens overhead.2000, William Scheller, Snow Sports, page 170:
  • A raven quorks from high above the Hills Pond as we stroll Alder Brook Road.2011, John M. Marzluff, Colleen Marzluff, Dog Days, Raven Nights, page 241:

Synonyms of quork

Forms of quork

Noun
pluralquorks
Verb
third-person singular presentquorks
present participlequorking
past participlequorked
pastquorked

Origin of quork

Onomatopoeic

Questions about quork

What does quork mean?
Quork means the cry of a raven.
How do you use quork in a sentence?
The sounds are the muffled gurgling of runoff under frozen brooks, and the sharp quork-quork-quork of ravens overhead.
What part of speech is quork?
Quork can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of quork?
The plural of quork is quorks.

Words near quork in the dictionary

  1. Quoran
  2. Quorans
  3. quorate
  4. Quoratean
  5. quorates
  6. quork
  7. quorked
  8. quorking
  9. quorks
  10. quormone
  11. quormones

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