Word "QUAIL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
small gallinaceous game birds

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
draw back, as with fear or pain
Synonyms:
cringe, flinch, funk, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince

Crossword Clues for QUAIL

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NZ island bird (5)
Start to get queasy and be ill because of the game (5)
Game-bird to show apprehension (5)
Small game bird with a rounded body and short tail (5)
Shrink creates worry with short question
Be cowed by small bird (5)
Small egg producer New York Times 15 Feb 2025
Small Old World game bird of the genus Coturnix (5)
Just the bird to have cold feet? (5)
Flinch; bird of partridge family (5)
Bird that's similar to a pheasant
Ground-dwelling bird (5)
Game bird Mirror Quick 26 Aug 2024
Cower like a bird Mirror Cryptic 26 Aug 2024
Small partridge-like bird Mirror Tea Time 14 Aug 2024
How bird may be cowed (5)
Game bird Mirror Quick 08 Jul 2024
Bird seen to cringe Mirror Cryptic 08 Jul 2024
Game-bird to show lack of spirit (5)
A game bird
Be cowed like a bird (5)
Blench (5)
This is the bird to tremble (5)
Shrink from a harmless bird (5)
Flinch like a hunted bird? (5)
Get cold feet in game
Bird in a bevy LA Times Daily 23 Feb 2024
Flinch though still game
Small pheasant relative
Writer briefly pens a flyer The Times Cryptic 07 Feb 2024
Small game bird having a rounded body (5)
Small Old World game bird with long pointed wings Mirror Quiz 29 Nov 2023
Game bird; flinch The Telegraph Quick 14 Aug 2023
Some birds cower The Times Cryptic 01 May 2023
Small birds get cold feet
Game bird The Telegraph Quick 06 Jun 2022
Game bird that makes us shrink back with fear The Times Cryptic 26 May 2022
A covey of ______ Canadiana 24 Jan 2022
Game bird or chicken might do this
Pheasant relative Universal 26 Nov 2021
Partridge's cousin Thomas Joseph 17 Nov 2021
A covey of ____ Canadiana 01 Nov 2021
Small game bird The Guardian Quick 22 Oct 2021
California state bird LA Times Daily 17 Oct 2021
California state bird The Washington Post 17 Oct 2021
Game bird The Times Concise 23 Mar 2021
Bird in a bevy Universal 03 Jan 2021
Old writer briefly covers a game
Pheasant cousin Newsday 06 Dec 2020
Partridge's kin Eugene Sheffer 13 Nov 2020
Pull back layer
Partridge's cousin Thomas Joseph 05 Feb 2020
Old writer endlessly probed by a shrink The Telegraph Toughie 13 Sep 2019
Bird; show fear The Times Concise 28 Jun 2019
Shiver like a bird
Draw back in fear New York Times 06 May 2018
Flinch from game
Draw back in fear
California's state bird LA Times Daily 25 Jun 2017
California's state bird The Washington Post 25 Jun 2017
Shrink bird
Bobwhite, e.g LA Times Daily 18 Mar 2017
Bobwhite, e.g The Washington Post 18 Mar 2017
Bobwhite, e.g.
California's state bird
Partridge relative Newsday 20 Jul 2016
Pull back in small game Irish Times Crosaire 14 May 2016
Small game bird Newsday 16 Mar 2016
Partridge's cousin Wall Street Journal 24 Dec 2015
Game bird The Telegraph Quick 29 Sep 2015
Partridge cousin Newsday 16 Jul 2015
Pheasant kin Premier Sunday 15 Mar 2015
Partridge's cousin
Partridge cousin
Pheasant kin
Bird — be a 17!
Bird in a bevy
Draw back with alarm
Bird in a covey
Partridge family cousin
Small game
Cower
Bevy member
Bobwhite, e.g.
State bird of California
Bird served in posh restaurants
Small game bird
Bouquet : pheasants :: covey : ___
Small game bird
Small game bird
Bird in a covey
California's state bird
Small game bird
Plump bird
Draw back
Covey member
Plump bird
California's state bird
Partridge cousin
Covey member
Game bird
Have cold feet
Bird of the pheasant family
Small game bird
Dying ___ (bloop hit, in baseball slang)
Shrink with fear
One of a bevy
Poultry delicacy
Covey member
Cower in fear
Game bird
Popular game bird
Cringe
Bobwhite
Lose courage.
Cower.
Birds.
Game birds.
Game bird.
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