Quail

What do we mean by quail?

To shrink back in fear; cower. intransitive verb

Any of various primarily ground-dwelling birds of the genus Coturnix, especially C. coturnix, small in size and having mottled brown plumage and a short tail. noun

Any of various similar or related birds of the Americas, such as the bobwhite or the California quail. noun

To curdle; coagulate.

To begin to die; decline; fade; wither.

To lose heart or courage; shrink before danger or difficulty; flinch; cower; tremble.

To slacken.

To quell; subdue; overpower; intimidate; terrify.

The mountain quail, Oreortyx pictus, of the western United States: so named from its bright marking of white and chestnut. noun

An Australian hemipod, or button-quail, Turnix varius. noun

A small gallinaceous bird of the Old World, related to the partridge, and belonging to the genus Coturnix. noun

One of the various small gallinaceous birds more or less closely resembling the quail proper: loosely applied, with or without a qualifying term, especially in the United States, to all the species of Ortyx or Colinus, Lophortyx, Oreortyx, Callipepla, Cyrtonyx, and other genera of American Ortyginæ or Odontophorinæ. noun

A prostitute. Also called plover. noun

To curdle; to coagulate, as milk. intransitive verb

To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue. transitive verb

To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade. intransitive verb

To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower. intransitive verb

Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (Coturnix communis), the rain quail (Coturnix Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis). noun

Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica). noun

Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix. noun

To waste away; to fade, to wither

To daunt or frighten (someone)

To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.

Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.

A medium bird, often hunted for sport, and sometimes used for meat or eggs. Old world quails are in the Pheasant family; new world quails like the bobwhite or California quail are in a distinct family. Urban Dictionary

Quail refers to weed. not something to hit a hippo with, and not something cool, as with the other definitions here. Urban Dictionary

The improved version of "jail-bait" . Shortend from "quail-bait". Refering to girls/boys that are younger than yourself. Urban Dictionary

Quail is a multi-faceted word that can be utilized to describe all aspects of smoking marajuana. etymology: anthropologists hypothesize that the term 'quail' first entered the american lexicon upon the release of the film "Wedding Crashers". This cult, mainstream, post-modern, post-structuralist, post-feminist cinematic masterpiece includes a very humourous scene involving the hunting of quails, which inspired permastoned teenagers across the world to unite for the quail hunting cause. Urban Dictionary

Verb: to recoil in dread or terror (Merriam-Webster online Dictionary, 2007) also used colloquially to denote fear in someone regarded as a wimp, wuss, candy-ass, etc. Urban Dictionary

The thing that you hit hippos with Urban Dictionary

When you're eating a girl out while she's in a doggy style position and she farts, making your hair stick up like a quail. Urban Dictionary

A quail is a girl or boy who is to young to have sex derives from the word jailbait Urban Dictionary

Another word for "cool" also can say "quailure" as another word for "failure" Urban Dictionary

A girl who gives it up easy Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to quail:
quail, qual, quai, quaid, quain, qmail, quil, quais, quair, quarl, quait, quoil, quall, squail.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word quail:
coturnix, chukar, bobwhite, stubble, peafowl, pheasant, cottontail, grouse, woodpecker, japonica, partridge, fowl, woodcock, raccoon, mesquite, waterfowl, squirrels, sagebrush, rabbits, bobcat, roost, dove, coyote, rattlesnake, squirrel, kingfisher, decoy, hollow, scaled, pigeon, geese, chick, wren, spp, hemlock, sparrow, domesticated, poisonous, chickens, bald, rabbit, coyotes, owls, hunting, owl, reptiles, hawk, mourning, duck, deer, badger, foxes, ducks, bird, heron, hunted, hawks, eggs, migratory, birds, egg, bred, migrate, lizard, prairie, chicken, snakes, goose, carmel, plantation, falcon, turkey, eagles, wild, sage, mammals, seeds, nests, hunters, airborne, grass, beaver, crest, leon, predators, relatives, cruise, cuisine, subspecies, activated, breeding, eagle, dish, missile, forever, species, golf, ranch, consumed, insects.

Words that rhyme with quail:
scale, rail, pale, hail, entail, trail, mail, avail, email, whale, sale, detail, tail, prevail, nail, bail, cocktail, fail, curtail, ale, sail, tale, veil, assail, hale, retail, stale, gale, bale, frail, travail, vale, wail, male, dovetail, blackmail, flail, wholesale, swale, zale, telltale, voicemail, pail, dale, ail, braille, kale, grail, shale, jail, female, upscale, snail, wale, vail, derail, unveil, impale, exhale, yale, surveil, fairytale, inhale, abigail, holy grail, foxtail, quale, cale, gmail, guardrail, ponytail, thumbnail, handrail, brail, greenmail, gael, dwale, gail, coattail, dail, orrell, toenail, resale, monorail, fantail, martingale, airedale, horsetail, clydesdale, countervail, folktale, airmail, soleil, hobnail, biennale, faille, kail, calle, salle, shail.

Adjectives that are often used to describe quail:
japanese, bobwhite, little, young, male, scaled, common, white, female, blue, stoutest, wild, roasted, american, european, fat, grilled, dead, frightened, californian, tiny, adult, live, native, plumed, brown, broiled, roast, crested, migratory, grey, plump, breasted, mexican, chimaeric, northern, beautiful, fried, chinese, boldest, shot, stuffed, tame, wise, fresh, bravest, immature, flushed, soft, stout, brave, enough, captive, raised, mature, nice, eastern, cooked, embryonic, strongest, solitary, trapped, living, occasional, egyptian, chimeric, speckled, lonely, california, delicious.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective quail:
shooting, hunting, dove, pipe, fighting, eggs, cells, season, chimeras, disease, traps, fights, doves, hunters, thrush, chicks, island, tissue, embryos, chick, fight, thrushes, brain, call, populations, tip, song, nets, catching, catcher, egg, snipe, feathers, shot, fighters, ganglia, plumes, calls, iii, breeder, management, crest, tracks, soup, experiments, toast, hybrids, missile, weather, chickens, finch, hunt, fibroblasts, meat, combats, bush, food, model, feed, shooter, run, design, antibody, bagger, bronchitis, stock, nest, virus, catchers, chimera, whistle, sacrifices, pattern, quart, survey, cages, missiles, birds, plume, hunter, pies, habitat, shooters, limestone, salad, tissues, rise, abound, beef.

Consonant match to quail:
quell, quill, quel, quale, quoll, quoil, qual, kwell, quayle.

Words that sound like quail:
quail, quale, quayle, qualle, quill, quell, quil, qual, quel, quoll, quelle, kwell, kwal, quille, cuil, kwel, quoil, cwl, kale, cale, calle, cule, kayle, kail, kewl, quails, cail, kael, cael, qualls, kjell, crail, correll, quailed, quaich, quaigh, squail, qualy, caille, qwl, qualey, quaily, corail, -cule, kralle, qel, qhl, whale, gueule, gwawl, gwl, quang, kwong, kwang, kuang, cual, coyol, kuhle, cool, call, coal, cal, cole, coil, col, corral, coll, cowl, chel, cowell, coul, colle, chorale, caul, coyle, chua, caol, caroll, cawl, cral, cooie, coule, chol, caal, coel, -cle, coale, cois, clal, chiel, coull, aquil, ckl, cohl, coie, coel-, coele, col-, courriel, craal.