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Word: quad (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Having four shots of espresso.

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Noun:

  • A quad bike.
  • Four shots of espresso.
  • informal A quadrangle (''courtyard'').
  • informal A quadriceps muscle.
  • informal A quadruplet (''infant'').
  • metal type A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
  • _|slang A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
  • short for quadrilateral
  • 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:

  • transitive or intransitive To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also ''quad out''.
  • phototypesetting and digital typesetting|transitive or intransitive To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.

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