quork

plural quorks

1. The cry of a raven.

   The sounds are the muffled gurgling of runoff under frozen brooks, and the sharp quork-quork-quork of ravens overhead.

   2000, William Scheller, Snow Sports, page 170

   2 more examples

   Ten minutes later a raven lands on my blind, and I hear the heavy wingbeats of others, a soft quork here, a knocking there.

   1989, Bernd Heinrich, Ravens in Winter, page 219

   A flock of ravens rose from inside the walls when they climbed through the broken gate, and the caged ravens in their wagons called out to them with quorks and raucous shrieks.

   1999, George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, unnumbered page

   Synonyms: gronk

present singular third person quorks · participle present quorking · participle past quorked · past quorked

1. To make a quorking sound.

   He could hear the ravens quorking and complaining in the rookery above.

   2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 549

   2 more examples

   They quork a few times during their apparent morning inspecting for intruders and return down the valley to the pond.

   1989, Bernd Heinrich, Ravens in Winter, page 259

   A raven quorks from high above the Hills Pond as we stroll Alder Brook Road.

   2011, John M. Marzluff, Colleen Marzluff, Dog Days, Raven Nights, page 241

   Synonyms: gronk