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quat
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kw?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
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Noun
quat (plural quats)
- (obsolete) A pustule.
- (obsolete) An annoying, worthless person.
Verb
quat (third-person singular simple present quats, present participle quatting, simple past and past participle quatted)
- (transitive, obsolete) To satiate.
- 1757, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, page 28,
- Mrs. Cad. Well, come, begin and ?tart me, that I may come the ?ooner to quatting——Hu?h ! here?s Si?ter ; what the deuce brought her !
- 1757, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, page 28,
- (Scotland, dialectal, transitive) To relinquish, forsake, give up.
- Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically.
- (Wales and Southwest England, dialectal, intransitive) To squat or crouch down.
Adjective
quat (not comparable)
- (Scotland, dialectal, with "of") Free; no longer involved with; quit.
Etymology 2
Clipping of quaternary.
Noun
quat (plural quats)
- (chemistry) A quaternary ammonium cation or compound.
Adjective
quat (not comparable)
- Quaternary.
Etymology 3
See khat.
Noun
quat (countable and uncountable, plural quats)
- Alternative spelling of khat.
Middle English
Adjective
quat
- Alternative form of wothe
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kw?d?, whence also Old English cw?ad.
Noun
qu?t m
- mud
- dirt
Descendants
- German: Kot
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quad
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kw?d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kw?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Etymology 1
From Latin.
Noun
quad (plural quads)
- Four shots of espresso.
- (chess) A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
- (Mormonism) The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
- A poster, measuring forty by thirty inches, advertising a cinematic film release.
Adjective
quad (not comparable)
- Having four shots of espresso.
Derived terms
See also
- quadr-, quadri-
- quadru-
- quin
Etymology 2
Clippings.
Noun
quad (plural quads)
- (informal) A quadrangle (courtyard).
- 2014, Walker Orenstein, for Norwest Asian Weekly, Cherry trees from Japan to grace UW campus:
- Every spring, the quad on the University of Washington (UW) campus transforms from a peaceful green space to a bustling habitat for hundreds of shuttering cameras, families, and onlookers.
- 2014, Walker Orenstein, for Norwest Asian Weekly, Cherry trees from Japan to grace UW campus:
- (informal) A quadruplet (infant).
- (informal, computer graphics) A quadrilateral.
- 2010, Tony Mullen, Claudio Andaur, Blender Studio Projects: Digital Movie-Making (page 91)
- Tris and quads have different areas of functionality. In real-time graphics, tris are the norm because they provide the most basic geometric representations of planes.
- 2010, Tony Mullen, Claudio Andaur, Blender Studio Projects: Digital Movie-Making (page 91)
- (informal) The quadriceps muscle.
- (informal) A quadriplegic person.
- (informal) Quadruplex videotape.
- (informal) A quadrupel beer.
- (informal) A quadcopter.
Derived terms
Adjective
quad (not comparable)
- (poker slang) Of or relating to quads.
Translations
Etymology 3
Abbreviation
Noun
quad (plural quads)
- A quad bike (from quadricycle)
- Abbreviation of quadrillion BTU. (1015 BTU)
See also
- Quad (unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations
Verb
quad (third-person singular simple present quads, present participle quadding, simple past and past participle quadded)
- to ride a quad bike
Etymology 4
1785 Quads. pl, 1847 quads, verb 1876. From the abbreviation quad., for obsolete quadrat. Keyboard command is named for the verb sense.
Alternative forms
- quad. (obsolete)
Noun
quad (plural quads)
- (letterpress typography) A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, “Household Words”, n 160 (April 16), p 148:
- “Quadrats, sir. We call 'em quads.” . . . Quads are the spaces left between the paragraphs that come white on the paper. If you look here, at this page that is set-up, you will see that they are deeper than the spaces left between the words and letters—regular little trenches.
- 1979, Marshall Lee, Bookmaking, p 110:
- Horizontal spacing is further divided into multiples and fractions of the em. The multiples are called quads. The fractions are called spaces.
- 2005, Phil Baines and Andrew Haslam, Type & Typography, 2nd ed, p 91:
- Other larger spaces – known as quads – were used to space out lines.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, “Household Words”, n 160 (April 16), p 148:
- (printing slang) A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
- (typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting) A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right, or quad centre.
Synonyms
- em space
- quadrat (obsolete)
Derived terms
Verb
quad (third-person singular simple present quads, present participle quadding, simple past and past participle quadded)
- (letterpress typography, transitive, intransitive) To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
- (typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting, transitive, intransitive) To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
Dutch
Etymology
From English quad.
Pronunciation
Noun
quad m (plural quads, diminutive quadje n)
- quad, quad bike
Italian
Noun
quad m (invariable)
- quad bike
Polish
Etymology
From English quad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kw?t/
Noun
quad m inan
- quad bike
- Synonyms: czteroko?owiec, wsz?do?az
Declension
Further reading
- quad in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- quad in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Noun
quad f (plural quads)
- all-terrain vehicle
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