quad

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Etymology 1 [edit]

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Noun [edit]

quad (plural quads)

  1. (informal) A quadrangle (courtyard).
  2. (informal) A quadruplet (infant).
  3. short for quadrilateral
  4. (informal) A quadriceps muscle.
  5. Four shots of espresso.
  6. A quad bike.
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Adjective [edit]

quad (not comparable)

  1. Having four shots of espresso.
  2. (poker slang) Of or relating to quads.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

1785 Quads. pl, 1847 quads, verb 1876. From the abbreviation quad., for obsolete quadrat. Keyboard command is named for the verb sense.

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Noun [edit]

quad (plural quads)

  1. (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.
  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.
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Verb [edit]

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.

Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English quad.

Noun [edit]

quad m (plural quads, diminutive quadje)

  1. quad, quad bike

Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

quad m (invariable)

  1. quad bike

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quad f (plural quads)

  1. all-terrain vehicle