ALL meanings of quail
quail
Q q - noun quail A small, short- tailed Old World game bird resembling a small partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage. 1
- noun plural quail a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World. 1
- noun plural quail any of several other birds of the genus Coturnix and allied genera. 1
- noun plural quail any of various New World gallinaceous game birds of the genus Colinus and allied genera, especially the bobwhite. 1
- noun plural quail Slang. a woman or girl. 1
- verb without object quail to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear. 1
- intransitive verb quail flinch, tremble 1
- noun quail bird 1
- noun quail meat 1
- countable noun quail A quail is a type of small bird which is often shot and eaten. 0
- countable noun quail Quail is the meat of this bird eaten as food. 0
- verb quail If someone or something makes you quail, they make you feel very afraid, often so that you hesitate. 0
- noun quail any small Old World gallinaceous game bird of the genus Coturnix and related genera, having a rounded body and small tail: family Phasianidae (pheasants) 0
- noun quail any of various similar and related American birds, such as the bobwhite 0
- verb quail to shrink back with fear; cower 0
- intransitive verb quail to draw back in fear; lose heart or courage; cower 0
- noun quail any of a number of small, short-tailed gallinaceous birds (family Phasianidae), including the bobwhite 0