quad
quad - English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA: /kwɑd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kwɒd/
Noun
quad (plural quads)
- A serving of 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
Noun
quad (plural quads)
- (informal) A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
- (informal) A quadruplet (infant).
- (informal, computer graphics) A quadrilateral.
- (informal) The quadriceps muscle.
- (informal) A quadriplegic person.
- (informal) Quadruplex videotape.
- (informal) A quadrupel beer.
- (informal) A quadcopter.
- A skate with four wheels.
- (skating) Clipping of quadruple (“kind of jump in figure skating”).
Derived terms
- quaddie
- quad ruled
- quad strip
Adjective
quad (not comparable)
Translations
Verb
quad (third-person singular simple present quads, present participle quadding, simple past and past participle quadded)
- (transitive) To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
Noun
quad (plural quads)
- A quad bike (from quadricycle)
- Abbreviation of quadrillion BTU. (1015 BTU)
Translations
Verb
quad (third-person singular simple present quads, present participle quadding, simple past and past participle quadded)
- to ride a quad bike
Alternative forms
- quad. (obsolete)
Noun
quad (plural quads)
- (letterpress typography) A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
- (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
Derived terms
- em quad, 2-em quad, 3-em quad
- en quad
- mutton quad
- quad center/quad centre, quad left, quad middle, quad right
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.
quad - Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA: /ˈkwat/
Noun
quad m (plural quads)
- Clipping of quadricicle.
quad - Dutch
Noun
quad m (plural quads, diminutive quadje n)
quad - Italian
Noun
quad m (invariable)
quad - Old High German
Verb
quad
- first/third-person singular past indicative of quedan
quad - Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /kwat/
- Syllabification: quad
Noun
quad m inan
- quad bike
- Synonyms: czterokołowiec, wszędołaz, kład
Declension
quad - Spanish
Noun
quad f (plural quads)