quad
IPA: kwˈɑd
noun
- 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.
- (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.
- A quad bike.
- (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.
- (informal) An informal strategic forum between the United States, Japan, Australia, and India, focused on Asian security matters.
- (by extension) A grouping of the United States, Japan, Australia, and India.
- (UK politics, historical) A coalition committee that resolved party disputes during the Cameron–Clegg coalition.
- (skating) Clipping of quadruple (“kind of jump in figure skating”). [Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.]
- Abbreviation of quadrillion BTU. (10¹⁵ BTU)
verb
- (transitive) To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
- to ride a quad bike
- (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.
adjective
- Having four shots of espresso.
- (poker slang) Of or relating to quads.
- quadrile
Examples of "quad" in Sentences
- It is a quad core microprocessor.
- It's the lock in the quad skates.
- Captors patrol the quad vertically.
- Every summer there is a concert in the quad.
- Dorm is in the northwest corner of the quad.
- South Dorm is in the northwest corner of the quad.
- A prissy scientist named Dr. Quad was also called in.
- Roll the shoulders back away from the ears and flex the quads.
- The mountain appears in the Clingmans Dome quad on USGS topographical maps.
- On Dragon Day, the dragon is paraded across the Arts Quad and then set afire.