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quawk (三人称単数 現在形 quawks, 現在分詞 quawking, 過去形および過去分詞形 quawked)

1. Of birds, to give loud, harsh vocalisations.
   • 1964, John Clare, The Later Poems of John Clare, page 203:

     The old crows quawked for men had cut / Among the oak wood trees.

   • 1998, Paul Hutchens, The White Boat Rescue, page 19:

     How often, at an outdoor barbecue, or when having drinks on the terrace after some Washington dinner party, have I heard, above the buzz of conversation, night herons quawking overhead on their way from Rock Creek Park[.]