Nothing to do with the bird, a quail is a generally lame or incompetent individual who is put into a low group by more powerful people. When called a quail, the person should generally feel bad, considering that it represents a disliked type of people.
Also, quails eat excessive amounts of food at their ginger friends house.
Abby: Carsten, you're a quail! You eat all of our food!
Carsten: No you are, meany!
Abby: Don't argue with me, quail-peasant.
Carsten: *sobs* Fine.....
by ArandomGinja July 1, 2013
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A Quail is another way of callin someone a P.I.M.P
wow, 7 girls!? your a genuine QUAIL!!!
by Don Q January 14, 2004
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1. An excited exclamation, as in joy or...excitement.
2. An agitated exclamation, as in anger or frustration.
3. A surprised exclamation, as in...a surprise.
4. A monetary unit.
5. A mad sexy bird. (literally, a bird. it looks kinda like a turkey.)

Quail is pronounced either in 2 syllables (kuh-WAIL!) or 3 (kuh-WAY-ul!)
1. QUAIL!! I won the lottery!
2. QUAIL!! God hates me!
3. HOLY QUAIL!! You surprised me!
4. That'd be 10 quail, yo. Pay up.
5. HOLY QUAIL ITS A QUAIL!!! (no, its dick cheneys friend.)
by Ballibay August 14, 2006
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A medium bird, often hunted for sport, and sometimes used for meat or eggs. Old world quails are in the Pheasant family; new world quails like the bobwhite or California quail are in a distinct family.
Look, a quail! I want to shoot someone in the face! Oh wait, I'm not Dick Cheney.
by cazort October 9, 2006
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quail refers to weed. not something to hit a hippo with, and not something cool, as with the other definitions here.
"My oven is on high, when I roast the quail
Tell Bill Clinton to go and inhale
Exhale, now you felt the funk of the power
now feel the effects..."

I Wanna Get High ~ Cypress Hill
by dr. g0nzo April 1, 2006
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The rare phenomenon where it is felt essential to fully commit to any girl that one comes within a 5m radius of oneself. Often occuring in cultures of high desperation and alcohol, it was originally used following the mating patterns and rituals of a type of bird known as a Quaile.
"Stop quailing that girl you got with, its not cool"
by qdoooogggg January 15, 2010
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