quad

See also: Quad and quad-

quad - English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA: /kwɑd/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kwɒd/

Noun

quad (plural quads)

  1. A serving of four shots of espresso.
  2. (chess) A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
  3. (Mormonism) The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
  4. A poster, measuring forty by thirty inches, advertising a cinematic film release.

Adjective

quad (not comparable)

  1. Having four shots of espresso.

Derived terms


Noun

quad (plural quads)

  1. (informal) A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
  2. (informal) A quadruplet (infant).
  3. (informal, computer graphics) A quadrilateral.
  4. (informal) The quadriceps muscle.
  5. (informal) A quadriplegic person.
  6. (informal) Quadruplex videotape.
  7. (informal) A quadrupel beer.
  8. (informal) A quadcopter.
  9. A skate with four wheels.
  10. (skating) Clipping of quadruple (kind of jump in figure skating).

Derived terms

Adjective

quad (not comparable)

  1. (poker slang) Of or relating to quads.

Translations

Verb

quad (third-person singular simple present quads, present participle quadding, simple past and past participle quadded)

  1. (transitive) To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.

Noun

quad (plural quads)

  1. A quad bike (from quadricycle)
  2. Abbreviation of quadrillion BTU. (1015 BTU)

Translations

Verb

quad (third-person singular simple present quads, present participle quadding, simple past and past participle quadded)

  1. to ride a quad bike

Alternative forms

  • quad. (obsolete)

Noun

quad (plural quads)

  1. (letterpress typography) A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
  2. (printing slang) A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
  3. (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

Verb

quad (third-person singular simple present quads, present participle quadding, simple past and past participle quadded)

  1. (letterpress typography, transitive, intransitive) To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
  2. (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)

  1. Clipping of quadricicle.

quad - Dutch

Noun

quad m (plural quads, diminutive quadje n)

  1. quad, quad bike

quad - Italian

Noun

quad m (invariable)

  1. quad bike

quad - Old High German

Verb

quad

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of quedan

quad - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kwat/
  • Syllabification: quad

Noun

quad m inan

  1. quad bike

Declension

singular plural
nominative quad quady
genitive quada quadów
dative quadowi quadom
accusative quad quady
instrumental quadem quadami
locative quadzie quadach
vocative quadzie quady

quad - Spanish

Noun

quad f (plural quads)

  1. all-terrain vehicle
Meaning and Definition of quad
© 2022 WordCodex