"quahog" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkəʊ.hɒɡ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkwɔ.hɔɡ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-quahog.ogg Forms: quahogs [plural]
Etymology: Most often thought to be from Narragansett poquaûhock (“hard clam”), or perhaps from pohkeni (“dark”) + hogki (“shell”). Alternatively from Mohegan-Pequot p'quaghhaug (“hard clam”) or another Algonquian language. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xnt|poquaûhock||hard clam}} Narragansett poquaûhock (“hard clam”), {{compound|xnt|pohkeni|hogki|nocat=1|t1=dark|t2=shell}} pohkeni (“dark”) + hogki (“shell”), {{uder|en|xpq|p'quaghhaug||hard clam}} Mohegan-Pequot p'quaghhaug (“hard clam”), {{uder|en|alg|-}} Algonquian Head templates: {{en-noun}} quahog (plural quahogs)
  1. An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.
    Sense id: en-quahog-en-noun-O5-HY7yT Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 30 30 29 10
  2. An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.
    The largest size of such an edible clam, generally considered only fit for use in chowders and other clam dishes.
    Synonyms (largest size of quahog): chowder clam
    Sense id: en-quahog-en-noun-9EaNL9qT Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 30 30 29 10 Disambiguation of 'largest size of quahog': 14 57 29
  3. A similar edible clam, of species Arctica islandica, found along coasts around the North Atlantic, generally in deeper waters. Categories (lifeform): Venerida order mollusks Synonyms: ocean quahog, black quahog, mahogany clam, Icelandic cyprine Translations (Arctica islandica): islanninsimpukka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-quahog-en-noun-lcmEzm-b Disambiguation of Venerida order mollusks: 28 28 37 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 23 37 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 30 30 29 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 15 58 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 22 40 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 44 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 18 53 11 Disambiguation of 'Arctica islandica': 12 12 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quahaug (english: slightly more common until the 1950s) [uncommon], quohog (english: regional US; uncommon nationally), cohog (english: regional US; uncommon nationally) Synonyms (Mercenaria mercenaria): hard clam, chowder clam, round clam, count neck (english: smallest), littleneck (english: small), cherrystone (english: smaller medium), topneck (english: larger medium) Derived forms: mahogany quahog Translations (Mercenaria mercenaria): kampavenussimpukka (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'Mercenaria mercenaria': 41 41 18 Disambiguation of 'Mercenaria mercenaria': 41 41 18

Verb

IPA: /ˈkəʊ.hɒɡ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkwɔ.hɔɡ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-quahog.ogg Forms: quahogs [present, singular, third-person], quahogging [participle, present], quahogged [participle, past], quahogged [past]
Etymology: Most often thought to be from Narragansett poquaûhock (“hard clam”), or perhaps from pohkeni (“dark”) + hogki (“shell”). Alternatively from Mohegan-Pequot p'quaghhaug (“hard clam”) or another Algonquian language. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xnt|poquaûhock||hard clam}} Narragansett poquaûhock (“hard clam”), {{compound|xnt|pohkeni|hogki|nocat=1|t1=dark|t2=shell}} pohkeni (“dark”) + hogki (“shell”), {{uder|en|xpq|p'quaghhaug||hard clam}} Mohegan-Pequot p'quaghhaug (“hard clam”), {{uder|en|alg|-}} Algonquian Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} quahog (third-person singular simple present quahogs, present participle quahogging, simple past and past participle quahogged)
  1. (intransitive) To dig for quahogs. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-quahog-en-verb-LpwNooE3 Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 30 30 29 10

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "audio": "en-us-quahog.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/En-us-quahog.ogg/En-us-quahog.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/En-us-quahog.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "slightly more common until the 1950s",
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "quahaug"
    },
    {
      "english": "regional US; uncommon nationally",
      "word": "quohog"
    },
    {
      "english": "regional US; uncommon nationally",
      "word": "cohog"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "word": "hard clam"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "word": "chowder clam"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "word": "round clam"
    },
    {
      "english": "smallest",
      "sense": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "word": "count neck"
    },
    {
      "english": "small",
      "sense": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "word": "littleneck"
    },
    {
      "english": "smaller medium",
      "sense": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "word": "cherrystone"
    },
    {
      "english": "larger medium",
      "sense": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "word": "topneck"
    },
    {
      "sense": "largest size of quahog",
      "word": "chowder clam"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "word": "kampavenussimpukka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Arctica islandica",
      "word": "islanninsimpukka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quahog"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Algonquian languages",
    "English terms derived from Mohegan-Pequot",
    "English terms derived from Narragansett",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "en:Venerida order mollusks"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xnt",
        "3": "poquaûhock",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hard clam"
      },
      "expansion": "Narragansett poquaûhock (“hard clam”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xnt",
        "2": "pohkeni",
        "3": "hogki",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "dark",
        "t2": "shell"
      },
      "expansion": "pohkeni (“dark”) + hogki (“shell”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xpq",
        "3": "p'quaghhaug",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hard clam"
      },
      "expansion": "Mohegan-Pequot p'quaghhaug (“hard clam”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "alg",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Algonquian",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Most often thought to be from Narragansett poquaûhock (“hard clam”), or perhaps from pohkeni (“dark”) + hogki (“shell”). Alternatively from Mohegan-Pequot p'quaghhaug (“hard clam”)\nor another Algonquian language.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "quahogs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quahogging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quahogged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quahogged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "quahog (third-person singular simple present quahogs, present participle quahogging, simple past and past participle quahogged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "qua‧hog"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To dig for quahogs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dig",
          "dig"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To dig for quahogs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəʊ.hɒɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ˈkwəʊ.hɒɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ˈkwɑː.hɒɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwɔ.hɔɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ˈkwɔ.hɑɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ˈkwɑ.hɔɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ˈkwɑ.hɑɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ˈkwoʊ.hɔɡ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ˈkwoʊ.hɑɡ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ˈkoʊ.hɔɡ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ˈkoʊ.hɑɡ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-quahog.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/En-us-quahog.ogg/En-us-quahog.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/En-us-quahog.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quahog"
}

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