quisle

Q10U1I1S1L1E1

verb

To collaborate with an (occupying) enemy power; be a quisling.

First used especially in the 1940sScrabble 15

Meanings

verbquisle (third-person singular simple present quisles, present participle quisling, simple past and past participle quisled)

present singular third person quisles · participle present quisling · participle past quisled · past quisled

  1. rareTo collaborate with an (occupying) enemy power; be a quisling.First known use especially in the 1940s

    He is surrounded by a potential American Quisling (Mr. DENNIS ARUNDELL) who grizzles and Quisles noisily, an unhappy secretary (Mr. BRUNO BARNABE), and an even more unhappy wife (Miss MARGARETTA SCOTT).

    1940, Punch, page 181

    Synonyms: forswear, sell out, assfuck, betray, burn, cop out, cross out, cross up

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: quisle on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.