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"(transitive) To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate."
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"To grunt, croak, squeal; to moan, complain; to sigh, huff; to emit a breath forcibly, as after great exertion."
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"(intransitive) To grunt, croak, squeal; to moan, complain; to sigh, huff; to emit a breath forcibly, as after great exertion."
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"(dialectal, intransitive) To die."
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"1": "\"to strangle\"; > North Frisian <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"frr\">querke</i>, <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"frr\">quirke</i> (“to querk”)"
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"(transitive) To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate."
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"(intransitive) To grunt, croak, squeal; to moan, complain; to sigh, huff; to emit a breath forcibly, as after great exertion."
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"To die."
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"(dialectal, intransitive) To die."
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