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Meaning of quizzle | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To make a whizzing sound
  2. To ponder
  3. To suffocate
    dialectal

Examples

“As soon as he finished speaking, Ngoh stood up and marched out of the farmland, but his name continued to quizzle in the men's lips— the same story-listeners to whom he used to narrate a sexual incident between himself and the Manager's wife.”
“As long as there are people to quizzle over tweedle-dee and tweedledum and to appeal to the ignorance and prejudice of the legislators, it is possible that the word "ammonia" may become an obsolete term in fertilizer analysis in spite of the fact that ammonia may continue to be the real form of the greater part of the nitrogenous plant bought and sold in the trade.”
“Ker quizzled again at Simon's effeminate walk. But reaching no untoward conclusions.”
“He came from here, as much as you or me. Look at him now, running with the girlen, wrestling with the boys. He's one of us, sure enough.” “Then what was he doing in the woods?” Old Nanny Nettleye quizzled.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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