quad.
Clipping of quadrat.
Meaning & usage
Clipping of quadrat. A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
Clipping of quadrat. A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
Clipping of quadrat. 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.
A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
A horse, from colloquial or humorous quadruped specifically for horse.
Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc. A poster advertising a cinematic film release, measuring forty by thirty inches, four times the area of crown paper.
Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc. A quadruple, a jump with four revolutions in the air.
Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc. A serving of four shots of espresso; (attributive) containing four shots of espresso.
Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc. A skate with four wheels.
Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).
Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”). A group of four insulated wires twisted together to form two circuits of two wires each.
Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”). A quad antenna, a directional radio antenna consisting of multiple loop antennas.
Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”). A quadruplet, one of four babies born during the same birth.
Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”). A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”). The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”). Of or relating to quads (four of a kind).
The quadriceps muscle.
Quadruplex videotape.
A quadriplegic person.
A unit of energy equivalent to a quadrillion BTU (10¹⁵ BTU).
A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, usually used for recreation or farm work.
A quadrilateral.
A quadcopter.
A quadrupel beer.
Where this word comes from
Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple. The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense.
Quadruple, four times the usual size or quantity.
Quadrille, marked with squares.
Where this word comes from
Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple. The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense.
To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
To ride a quad bike.
Where this word comes from
Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple. The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.