quag

[ kwag, kwog ]

noun

1. a quagmire.

quag

/ kwɒɡ; kwæɡ /

noun

1. another word for quagmire

Word History and Origins

Origin of quag¹

First recorded in 1580–90; expressive word, obscurely akin to quake

Word History and Origins

Origin of quag¹

C16: perhaps related to quake ; compare Middle Low German quabbe

Example Sentences

Some months ago, in a foul and nidorous vault, seated at a stone table near a pool in which some strange writhing thing turned slowly in the quag, a murder of marketers made a blood pact.

From Slate

Once the quag was so deep, that to avoid sinking in it we had to be carried, one by one, on the back of our Malay driver.

From Project Gutenberg

A precarious thousand a-year—dependent on the caprice of a narrow, tyrannical old man, with a young wife at his ear, and a load of debts upon Cleve's shoulders, as he walked over the quag!

From Project Gutenberg

But a combination of mishaps and bungled central planning finally plunged the country into a hopeless economic quag mire that enraged the workers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Excerpts from Critic Stokes's libretto: Indians: Quag � kin � oh � boo, Ha, ha, ha, ha!

From Time Magazine Archive