Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To move; stir; wince; flounce.
- To make a noise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To stir; to wince.
Etymologies
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Examples
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April 20, 2008 at 12:55 pm quinch am drybin teh imballance. sew letz hoep yew mex it der sayflee!
Black? or with cream?? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And quinch the unhallowed fires that back would lure
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"Is it who was in the dining-room, your Reverence?" asked Julia, in tones of respectful honey; "sure that was the carpenter's boy, that came to quinch a rat-hole.
All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Martin Ross 1903
mercy commented on the word quinch
To stir; to wince
citation
August 21, 2008
yarb commented on the word quinch
Stirre not, quinch not, make no noyse: for if thou dost it will be worse for thee.
- Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller, 1594
April 14, 2010