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Definition of quail verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

quail

verb

NAmE//kweɪl//

[intransitive] quail (at/before somebody/something) (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they quail

he / she / it quails

past simple quailed

-ing form quailing

to feel frightened or to show that you are frightened

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