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Querk vs Queek - What's the difference?

querk | queek |

As a verb querk

is to throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.

As an interjection queek is

vocal sound produced by certain birds.

querk

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.
  • To grunt; moan.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    queek

    English

    Interjection

    (en-intj)
  • Vocal sound produced by certain birds.
  • * 1865 , (Louisa May Alcott), Nelly's Hospital
    • A soft “Queek , queek!” made her look up and listen.
  • * 2002? , James Marten, The Boy of Chancellorville and Other Civil War Stories (page 67)
    • No nest was to be seen, no parent birds hovered overhead, and little Robin could only tell its troubles in that mournful “Queek , queek, queek!”