QUACK GRASS

Meaning of QUACK GRASS in English

Pronunciation: ' kwak-

Function: noun

Etymology: alteration of quick (grass), alteration of quitch (grass)

Date: circa 1818

: a European grass ( Elytrigia repens syn. Agropyron repens ) that is naturalized throughout No. America and spreads by creeping rhizomes ― called also couch grass quitch twitch witchgrass

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QUACK GRASS — noun Etymology: alteration of quick (grass), alteration of quitch (grass) Date: circa 1818 a European grass ( Elytrigia repens syn. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUACK GRASS — noun also quack Etymology: quack grass alteration of quick grass; quack alteration of quick (V) : couch grass 1a
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUACK GRASS — () See Quitch grass.
Английский словарь Webster
QUACK GRASS — See Quitch grass.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUACK GRASS — Inland North and North Midland U.S. a couch grass, Agropyron repens, a pernicious weed in cultivated fields. [ 1810-20 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
QUACK GRASS — noun Etymology: alteration of quick (grass), alteration of quitch (grass) Date: circa 1818 : a European grass ( Elytrigia repens …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUACK GRASS — see quitch grass.
Webster English vocab
QUACK GRASS — ■ noun North American term for couch 2 . Origin C19: var. of quick , northern form of quitch .
Concise Oxford English vocab
QUACK GRASS — [quack grass] n [alter. of quick (grass), alter. of quitch (grass)] (ca. 1818): a European grass (Agropyron repens) that is …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
QUACK GRASS — also called couch grass, or quick grass (Agropyron repens) rapidly spreading grass of the family Poaceae. It has flat, somewhat …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUACK GRASS — (ботаника) пырей ползучий (Agropyron repens)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUACK GRASS — бот. пырей ползучий ( Agropyron repens )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
QUACK GRASS — бот. пырей ползучий ( Agropyron repens )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
QUACK GRASS — бот. пырей ползучий ( Agropyron repens )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
QUACK GRASS — 1) см. blue couch grass 2) бот. пырей ползучий (Agropyron repens)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
QUACK GRASS — 1) см. blue couch grass 2) бот. пырей ползучий ( Agropyron repens )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
QUACK GRASS — (ботаника) пырей ползучий (Agropyron repens)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRASS — I Any of many low, green, nonwoody plants that make up the families Poaceae (or Gramineae), Cyperaceae ( rush es). …
Английский словарь Британика
QUACK — I. ˈkwak intransitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: imitative 1. : to make the characteristic cry of a duck 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRASS — I. ˈgras, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gras, from Old English græs; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUACK — (a.) Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; …
Английский словарь Webster
QUACK — (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender.
Английский словарь Webster
QUACK — ( v. i. ) To act the part of a quack, or pretender.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUACK — ( a. ) Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUACK — quack 1 /kwak/ , n. 1. the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound. v.i. 2. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRASS — — grassless , adj. — grasslike , adj. — grassward, grasswards , adv. adj. /gras, grahs/ , n. 1. any …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRASS — v. cover with grass; feed grass to livestock; produce grass; inform on (British Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
QUACK — I. ˈkwak intransitive verb Etymology: alteration of queck to quack, from Middle English queken, from queke, interjection, of imitative origin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRASS — I. ˈgras noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gras, from Old English græs; akin to Old High German gras …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUACK — vi to utter a sound like the cry of a duck. 2. quack ·vi to act the part of a …
Webster English vocab
GRASS — vi to produce grass. 2. grass ·noun the season of fresh grass; spring. 3. grass ·vt to cover with grass …
Webster English vocab
QUACK — [quack] vi [alter. of queck to quack, fr. ME queken, fr. queke, interj., of imit. origin] (14c): to make the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRASS — [grass] n, often attrib [ME gras, fr. OE graes; akin to OHG gras grass, OE growan to grow] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
QUACK — quack BrE AmE kwæk ▷ quacked kwækt ▷ quacking ˈkwæk ɪŋ ▷ quacks kwæks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GRASS — grass, Grass BrE AmE ɡrɑːs § ɡræs AmE ɡræs —German [ ɡras ] ▷ grassed ɡrɑːst § ɡræst AmE ɡræst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
QUACK — / kwæk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. the sound that a duck makes 2. ( informal , …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRASS — / grɑːs; NAmE græs/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a common wild plant with narrow green …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUACK — I. quack 1 /kwæk/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: From the sound ] to make the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRASS — I. grass 1 S2 W2 /ɡrɑːs $ ɡræs/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: græs ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUACK — n. 1 a an unqualified practiser of medicine. b (attrib.) of or characteristic of unskilled medical practice ( quack cure). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRASS — n. & v. --n. 1 a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRASS — n. & v. n. 1 a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUACK — 1. v. & n. --n. the harsh sound made by ducks. --v.intr. 1. utter this sound. 2 colloq. talk loudly …
Oxford English vocab
GRASS — n. & v. --n. 1. a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Oxford English vocab
QUACK — ( quacks, quacking, quacked) 1. If you call someone a quack or a quack doctor , you mean that they …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRASS — ( grasses, grassing, grassed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Grass is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUACK — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If you call someone a ~ or a ~ doctor, you mean that they claim to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
QUACK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a duck quacks (= makes the sound ducks make ) ▪ The ducks on …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRASS — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES artificial grass ▪ artificial grass tennis courts dry grass ▪ There had been no …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
QUACK — (DISHONEST PERSON) [noun] [C] [disapproving] - a person who dishonestly pretends to have medical skills or knowledgeHe went to see …
Cambridge English vocab
GRASS — n. bear grass bent grass couch grass quack grass Grass Günter Wilhelm
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GRASS — Synonyms and related words : Bengal grass, DET, DMT, English rye grass, Italian rye grass, Kentucky bluegrass, LSD, Mary Jane, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRASS — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ green ▪ coarse , rough , thick ▪ soft ▪ lush ▪ long , tall ▪ short …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
QUACK — n. 25B6; noun a quack selling fake medicines : SWINDLER, charlatan, mountebank, trickster, fraud, fraudster, impostor, hoaxer, sharper; informal con …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRASS — n. 25B6; noun he sat down on the grass : TURF, sod; lawn, green. See list. (informal) they smoked grass. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
QUACK — n. 1 charlatan, impostor, pretender, fake(r), fraud, Colloq phoney or US also phony The quack diagnosed Franny as having appendicitis, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
QUACK — I 1. сущ. 1) кряканье (уток) 2) разг. кряква, утка 2. гл. 1) крякать; каркать; квакать 2) болтать, трещать II …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRASS — 1. сущ. 1) а) трава, травинка; дерн to cut, mow (the) grass ≈ косить траву high, tall grass ≈ высокая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUACK — quack.ogg _I 1. kwæk n 1. кряканье ( уток ) 2. разг. кряква, утка 2. kwæk v 1. 1> крякать …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GRASS — grass.ogg _I 1. grɑ:s n 1. 1> трава blade of grass - стебелёк травы, травинка to cut the grass - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
QUACK — quack I 1. сущ.1) кряканье (уток) 2) разг. кряква, утка 2. гл.1) крякать; каркать; квакать 2) болтать, трещать II 1. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
QUACK — _I 1. kwæk n 1. кряканье ( уток ) 2. разг. кряква, утка 2. kwæk v 1. 1> крякать ( …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GRASS — _I 1. grɑ:s n 1. 1> трава blade of grass - стебелёк травы, травинка to cut the grass - косить …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
QUACK — I 1. сущ. 1) кряканье ( уток ) 2) разг. кряква, утка 2. гл. 1) крякать; каркать; квакать 2) болтать, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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