quag

American  

[kwag, kwog] / kwæg, kwɒg /

noun

1. a quagmire.

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quag British  

/ kwɒɡ, kwæɡ /

noun

1. another word for quagmire

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Etymology

Origin of quag

First recorded in 1580–90; expressive word, obscurely akin to quake

Example Sentences

But a combination of mishaps and bungled central planning finally plunged the country into a hopeless economic quag mire that enraged the workers.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the carriage stuck fast in a quag, and so they cut the traces and left it there, where, two days after, Sir John Berkeley's dragoons found and pulled it out.

From The Splendid Spur by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

I tell you frankly that less than twenty thousand pounds will not extricate me from the quag of ruin in which I am entangled—lost!'

From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

The mud floor became a quag: I seized a spade and shovelled it clean, mud and slime and worse filth together.

From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Bene, satis, male,—   Where was I with my trope 'bout one in a quag?

From A Nonsense Anthology by Wells, Carolyn