Definitions For Quitch

Etymology 1

From Middle English quicchen, quytchen, quecchen, from {{inh, en, ang, cweċċan, , to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, kwakjaną, , to shake, swing}}, from {{inh, en, ine-pro, *gʷog-, , to shake, swing}}. Related to {{cog, ang, cwacian, , to quake}}. More at quake.

Alternative forms

quich, queach, queatch, quinch, quetch

Verb

es (transitive, obsolete) To shake (something); to stir, move. 8th-13th c. (intransitive, now, _, UK, regional) To stir; to move. from 13th c. (intransitive) To flinch; shrink.

Etymology 2

From Middle English quicche, from {{inh, en, ang, cwice}}. Cognate with {{cog, de, Quecke}}, {{cog, nl, kweek}}, {{cog, gml, kweke}}.

Alternative forms

quich {{qualifier, obsolete}}

Noun

QUITCH (uncountable) elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed)

Derived terms

plant couch, couch-grass

Translations

couch grass