quailing

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/ˈkweɪlɪŋ/

noun

The act of one who quails, or draws back in fear.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of quail
nounquailing (plural quailings)

plural quailings

  1. The act of one who quails, or draws back in fear.

    […] the old man, who had never before known the quailings of fear, was loath in such a tremendous gale to rush, as he considered on certain death.

    1841, William D. Reider, The new tablet of memory, page 52

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with quailing

mailingsailingfailingscalingprevailingtrailingwhalingrailingailingwailinggraylinghailingbailingflailingbalingpalingwalingplain sailingplain-sailingplane sailingskraeling
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Cite this entry
APA

quailing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quailing

MLA

“quailing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quailing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quailing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quailing.

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