Definition

1. Verb:
   • To hang, to hook: To suspend an object, typically clothing, on a hook or hanger.
   • To quarrel, to bicker (colloquial): To have a minor, often sharp, argument or verbal dispute.

Usage Examples

• Verb (To hang):

  • Anh ấy quặc chiếc mũ lên giá. (He hung the hat on the rack.)
  • Chị quặc áo khoác vào mắc. (She hung her jacket on the hanger.)

• Verb (To quarrel):

  • Hai đứa trẻ quặc nhau về đồ chơi. (The two children quarreled over a toy.)
  • Họ thường xuyên quặc nhau về chuyện tiền nong. (They often bicker about money matters.)

Advanced Usage

• "quặc lại": To hang something back up; can imply a quick or careless action.
  • Cậu bé quặc lại cái ba lô rồi chạy đi. (The boy hung his backpack back up and ran off.)
• "quặc qua quặc lại": To argue back and forth repeatedly.
  • Hai bà hàng xóm cứ quặc qua quặc lại mãi. (The two neighbors keep arguing back and forth.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mắc quặc (n): A clothes hanger or hook. ( - Get the hanger for me.)
• Cãi nhau (v): To argue, to quarrel. (A more common and standard synonym for the "quarrel" sense.)
• Treo (v): To hang, to suspend. (A more common and standard synonym for the "hang" sense.)

Synonyms

• For "to hang": Treo, móc.
• For "to quarrel": Cãi nhau, tranh cãi, cãi cọ.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Quặc lên: To hang something up.
  • Hãy quặc chiếc áo ướt lên dây phơi.* (Hang the wet shirt on the clothesline.)
• Quặc xuống: To take something down from where it was hung.
  • Con quặc bức tranh xuống để lau bụi.* (I took the painting down to dust it.)

Related Idioms

• Quặc như mèo với chó: To quarrel like cats and dogs; to have a very contentious relationship.
  • Hai anh em họ quặc như mèo với chó từ nhỏ.* (Those two cousins have been quarreling like cats and dogs since childhood.)
• Quặc cho sướng miệng: To argue just for the sake of arguing/to vent.
  • Thôi đi, đừng quặc cho sướng miệng nữa.* (Stop it, don't just argue for the sake of arguing.)

1. (khẩu ngữ) Hang
   • Quặc áo vào mắc
     To hang up one's jacket on clothes-hangar
2. Be at loggerheads with
   • Hai vợ chồng nhà nó bao giờ cũng thấy quặc nhau
     He and his wife are always at loggerheads