quắc

See also: quac and quạc

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwak̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kwak̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [wak̚˦˥]

Verb

quắc • (𥊞)

to scowl, to glower, to look angrily
- 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 2, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:
  Đôi mắt màu xám tro gan lì ấy chưa từng bao giờ quắc lên với đồng đội.
  Those ash-grey and intrepid eyes had never yet scowled at a teammate.

Etymology 2

From English quark.

Noun

quắc

(physics, rare) quark

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