Dictionary: QUI – QUID

► QUIAMS n. whims; singular notions → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUIAMS AND QUAVERS n. affected speech and gesture → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUIB adv. in an affected or punning style → 1614 obs.
n. 1. a quibble; an evasion of the point at issue → 1550 obs.
n. 2. a gibe, quip → 1656 obs.
vb. to taunt, to gibe at, to quip → 1592 obs.
► QUIBBLE n. a play upon words; a pun → 1611
vb. 1. to pun, to play on words → 1629 obs.
vb. 2. to quiver, to shake → 1726 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► QUIBBLEISM n. the practice of quibbling → 1836
► QUIBBLY adj. of the nature of a quibble → 1895
vb. to quiver, to shake → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUIBIBBLE n. a quibble → 1606 obs.
► QUIBIBE n. a quibble → 1550 obs.
► QUIBIBLE n. ? a pipe or whistle → 1529 obs.
► QUIBLET n. a quibble → 1630 obs.
► QUIBLIN n. 1. a pun or quibble; a trick → 1605 obs.
n. 2. a small or inferior kind of herring → 1921 Sc.
► QUIBOW n. the branch of a tree; a bough → 1825 Sc. obs.
► QUICH vb. to cry out as a baby → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUICHE-EATER n. a sensitive man; an effeminate male → 1984 US sl.
► QUICHE OUT vb. to concede defeat in a cowardly manner; to behave in a weak and effeminate manner → 2006 UK sl.
► QUICK adj. 1. of possessions or property: consisting of animals, live (stock) → 871 obs.
adj. 2. living, endowed with life, in contrast to what is naturally inanimate → 888 obs . exc. Eng. dial. or arch.
adj. 3. of persons and animals: in a live state, living, alive → 888 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or arch.
adj. 4. of wells, springs, streams, or water: running, flowing → 1000
adj. 5. of plants or their parts: alive, growing→ 1000
adj. 6. of coals: live, burning → 1000 obs.
adj. 7. of the voice: loud, clear → 1205 obs.
adj. 8. of the complexion: having the freshness of life → 1225 obs.
adj. 9. of speech, writings, etc.: lively, full of vigour or acute reasoning; smart, sprightly → 1225 obs.
adj. 10. of things seen: lifelike, vivid → 1300 obs.
adj. 11. of persons: full of vigour, energy or activity → 1300 rare
adj. 12. of fire or flames: burning strongly or briskly → 1374
adj. 13. of places or times: full of activity or business; busy; of trade; brisk → 1386 obs.
adj. 14. of feelings: lively, vivid, keen, strongly felt → 1449
adj. 15. of rock: natural, ‘living’ → 1475 obs.
adj. 16. of speech or writing: sharp, caustic → 1542 obs.
adj. 17. hasty, impatient, hot-tempered → 1549 obs.
adj. 18. of a taste or smell: sharp, pungent, brisk → 1573 obs.
adj. 19. of air or light: sharp, piercing → 1608
adj. 20. of wine and other liquors: brisk, effervescent → 1620 obs.
adj. 21. of colour: vivid, bright, dazzling → 1664
adj. 22. of steel: breaking readily; brittle → 1677 obs.
adj. 23. of a curve, turn, etc.: sharp → 1725
adj. 24. swarming, infested → 1880 Sc.
adj. 25. well-dressed and clever → L19 UK society sl.
adj. 26. lost without hope of recovery → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
adj. 27. pregnant → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adv. quickly → 20C
n. 1. that which is alive → 1000 obs.
n. 2. livestock, cattle → 1400 obs.
n. 3. living plants ,,,1456
n. 4. a quick-mire, a quagmire → 1648 obs.
n. 5. a Nonconformist → 1708 Eng. dial. obs.
n. 6. a small flesh-eating insect, a maggot → 1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 7. an insect → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 8. life → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 9. the growing part of a plant nearest to the roots → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 10. instantly available money → 1950 African-American sl.
n. 11. a sudden, sharp pain; a crick in the neck → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 12. an instant, a moment → 1986 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to give or restore life to → 950 obs.
vb. 2. of persons, animals, and plants, or their parts: to come to life; to revive → 1000 obs.
vb. 3. of a fire: to kindle, to begin to burn → 1175 obs.
vb. 4. to give or restore vigour to; to stir up, to inspire → 1300
vb. 5. of a rumour: to arise, to spread → 1425 obs.
vb. 6. to hurry, to cause to hasten → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THE QUICK n. the living → 888
► QUICK-AND-DIRTY adj. 1. slipshod; used of any kind of instant remedy. possibly not the best one for long term dependence → 1970 sl.
adj. 2. constructed as quickly as possible → 1991 US sl.
n. a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food or poor quality; a greasy spoon → 1950 Amer. sl.
► QUICK-AND-FILTHY n. a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food or poor quality; a greasy spoon → 1942 Amer. sl.
► QUICK-AND-GREASY n. a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food or poor quality; a greasy spoon → 1967 Amer. sl.
► QUICK AND QUEATHING ► QUICK AND QUETHING adj. alive and able to speak → 1475 obs.
► QUICK AND QUIDDER adv. quickly, forthwith → 1633 Sc.
► QUICK AS A BEETLE adj. very slow → 1888
► QUICK AS A CAT CAN BAT ITS EYE adv. very quickly → 1966 Amer. dial.
► QUICK AS A LAMPLIGHTER adj. very fast on one’s feet → 1902 (Bk.)
► QUICK AS BUNNY FUCKS adj. very fast → 1990 sl.
► QUICK AS DAMMIT adj. exceedingly quick→ 20C colloq.
► QUICK AS SCAT adj. very quick → 1927 Amer. dial.
► QUICK AS TICK-TACK adv. instantly → 1902 Sc.
► QUICK BUCK n. a quick profit → 1960 sl., orig. US
► QUICK CHEESE n. cottage cheese → 1941 Amer. dial.
► QUICK-COME-BY adj. easily gained or earned → 1899 Eng. dial.
► QUICK CON n. a virulent wasting disease, esp. tuberculosis → 1844 Amer. dial.
► QUICK CONSUMPTION n. a virulent wasting disease, esp. tuberculosis → 1844 Amer. dial.
► QUICK DICK n. a quick-firing gun → 1936 military sl.
► QUICKDRAW MCGRAW n. the US Secret Service agent who is closest to the president → 1981 US sl.
► QUICKED-UP adj. hurriedly arranged; sudden, hastened → 1893 Amer. dial.
► QUICKEN n. a living creature → 1523 obs.
vb. 1. of a female: to reach the stage of pregnancy at which the child shows signs of life → 1530
vb. 2. to put life into; to revive as from a state of insensibility → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 3. to stimulate; to urge to greater speed or exertion → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUICKENANCE n. quickening → 1617 obs.
► QUICKENING n. yeast, a quantity of yeast → 1598 Eng. dial.
► QUICKER THAN CHAIN LIGHTNING adj. remarkably quick → 1910 Amer. dial.
► QUICKER THAN SCAT adj. very quick → 1860 Amer. dial.
► QUICKER THAN YOU CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON adj. very quick → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► QUICK FEVER n. a virulent wasting disease, esp. tuberculosis → 1950 Amer. dial.
► QUICK-FIX adj. of a solution: instant, if not wholly dependable → 1970 sl.
n. (usually as ‘quick fix’) an expedient, temporary solution, esp. one that merely postpones having to cope with an overall problem → 1965 colloq.
► QUICK-FOOT adv. in haste, swiftly → 1891
► QUICK-FRESH n. a spring in mossy ground → 1838 Sc.
► QUICK-GO n. in sports: a player who does not last very long on a team → 1972 US sl.
► QUICK-GOODS n. all kinds of living things → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUICKHATCH n. the wolverine → 1743
► QUICKIE adj. 1. carried out quickly → 1940 US sl.
adj. 2. of a part of the body: experienced sharp pain or extreme sensitivity → 1984 Amer. dial.
n. 1. anything performed in a speedy, perfunctory manner → 1930 sl.
n. 2. the act of backing a horse after the result of a race is known → 1934 sl.
n. 3. in cricket: a fast bowler → 1934
n. 4. a quick drink → 1940 sl.
n. 5. a quick, ‘dirty’ story, related at the end of a party or drinking session → 1940 sl.
n. 6. a spontaneous and brief act of sexual intercourse; hence the person with whom one has that intercourse → 1940 sl.
n. 7. an unexpected, quickly executed manoeuvre or piece of trickery → 1950 US sl.
n. 8. fellatio → 1970 US homosexual sl.
n. 9. beer → 1990 sl.
► QUICKIES n. zippered trousers → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► QUICKISH adj. 1. quick → 1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. somewhat spirited → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adv. quickly → 1888 Eng. dial.
► QUICK KILL n. a sudden or rapid victory → 1974
► QUICK-LINE n. asbestos → 1601 obs.
► QUICKLING n. a young insect → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUICK-LUNCH n. a fast-food small restaurant → 1959 Can. sl.
► QUICKLY adj. lively → 1435 obs.
► QUICK-MIRE n. a quagmire → 1509
► QUICKNESS n. 1. life, vitality, vital principle → 1225
n. 2. animation, liveliness, briskness, vigour, freshness → 1369 obs.
n. 3. sharpness, keenness; pungency or acidity of taste; sharpness of speech → 1611 obs.
► QUICK ONE n. 1. a spontaneous and brief act of sexual intercourse → 20C sl.
n. 2. an act of urination → 1910 sl.
n. 3. a drink intended to be taken quickly → 1928 sl.
n. 4. a brief act of masturbation → 1940 sl.
n. 5. an unexpected act of betrayal → 1950 US sl.
► QUICK ON THE BUZZER adj. bright, intelligent, quick to act → 19C sl.
► QUICK ON THE DRAW adj. 1. bright, intelligent, quick to act → 19C sl.
adj. 2. impetuous → L19 sl.
adj. 3. suffering from premature ejaculation → 1930 sl.
► QUICK ON THE TRIGGER adj. 1. bright, intelligent, quick to act → 19C sl.
adj. 2. impulsive → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 3. hot-tempered → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► QUICK QUID n. money that is earned quickly and, possibly, illicitly → 1920 Aust. sl.
► QUICK QUIDDER adv. swiftly, quickly → 1866 Sc.
► QUICKS n. 1. living persons → 897
n. 2. living things → 1000 obs.
► QUICK-SAND n. a spring in mossy ground → 1838 Sc.
► QUICKSET adj. of a beard: rough, bristling → 1599
► QUICKSET IMP n. the penis → 17C
► QUICKSHIP n. quickness → 1225 obs.
► QUICKSHIT n. absolute nonsense → 2000 Aust. sl.
► QUICK SHOT n. small drinking vessels that are quickly emptied → 1624 obs.
► QUICKSILVER adj. resembling quicksilver in quickness of movement → 1655
n. 1. LSD when combined with another drug → 1970 drug culture sl.
n. 2. isobutyl nitrite → 1970 drug culture sl.
► QUICK-SMART adv. quickly → 1952 Aust. sl.
► QUICKSOME adj. full of life, lively, alert → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUICK-SPRING n. 1. a spring in mossy ground → 1838 Sc.
n. 2. a piece of loose skin behind the fingernail; a hangnail → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUICK-SPUR n. one who rides quickly → 1600 obs.
► QUICK-START n. 1. an upstart → 1874 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a rubber-soled canvas shoe; a sneaker → 1982 Amer. dial.
► QUICKSTEP n. diarrhoea → 1776 Amer. dial.
► QUICK-STICK(S) adv. quickly, without delay → 1877
► QUICK-STUFF n. livestock → 1777 Eng. dial.
► QUICKSVILLE adv. fast, quickly → 1960 US sl.
► QUICK-TEMPERED adj. pliant → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUICK THINKING, BATMAN phr. used for a humorous, if sarcastic, response to another’s observation or conclusion → 1968 US sl.
► QUICKTIME adv. quickly, immediately → M19 Black British sl.
► QUICK-TURN BURN n. the refuelling and reloading of an F-18 fighter jet in less than five minutes → 1991 US sl.
► QUICK-WATER n. running water → 1897 Eng. dial.
► QUICK WITH CHILD adj. said of a female in the stage of pregnancy at which the motion of the foetus is felt → 1450 obs.
► QUICQUIDLIBET n. whatever one pleases; anything whatsoever → 1647 obs.
► QUICUMQUE VULT n. a prostitute → L18 sl.
► QUICUNQUE VULT n. a prostitute → L18 sl.
► QUID n. 1. a sovereign; a guinea; a pound → 1688 sl.
n. 2. money, cash → 1700 sl. obs.
n. 3. the female genitals → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 4. a tub → 1838 Sc.
n. 5. five dollars → 1988 US sl.
vb. 1. to say, to speak → 1000 obs.
vb. 2. to work as a wood-wright or carpenter in a small way → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUIDAM n. somebody; a certain person → 1579
► QUIDAMITY n. an allusion to ‘somebody’ → 1892
► QUID BOX n. a snuff-box → L18 sl.
► QUIDDATIVE adj. full of equivocations, quirky → 1642
► QUID DEAL n. a drug sale involving one pound’s worth of drugs, usually marijuana → 1983 UK sl.
► QUIDDER adv. swiftly, quickly, esp. of sudden vanishing → 1866 Sc.
n. a wood-wright or carpenter in a small way of business → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUIDDIE n. 1. a tub → 1838 Sc.
n. 2. a wooden chamber-pot → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► QUIDDIKIE n. a tub → 1838 Sc.
► QUIDDISH adj. good-natured → M18 sl.
► QUIDDIT n. a subtlety or captious nicety in argument; a quirk, a quibble → 1592 arch.
► QUIDDITATIVE adj. 1. full of equivocations; quirky → 1611 obs.
adj. 2. pert. to the essence of a thing → 1650 obs.
► QUIDDITY n. 1. a subtlety or captious nicety in argument; a quirk, a quibble → 1539
n. 2. the real nature or essence of a thing; that which makes a thing what it is → 1569
► QUIDDLE n. 1. a fussy, over-particular, or fastidious person; one hard to satisfy in trifling matters of diet, etc.; one who wastes his energy about trifles → 1856 Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 2. a pimple → 1875 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to discourse in a trifling way → 1567 chiefly Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to trifle or play with → 1652 obs.
vb. 3. to suck food in the mouth; to chew → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to suck, as a child does his thumb → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to squeeze with the fingers → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to trifle, to waste time; to be anxious about trifles; to fuss about, to fidget → 1832 chiefly Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 7. to crawl on the flesh → 1909 Amer. dial.
vb. 8. to give away a secret or tell a piece of news too soon → 1969 Amer. dial.
► QUIDDLER n. one who fusses over small matters, or spends time in trifling niceties → 1835 Amer. dial.
► QUIDDLES n. whims, foolish fancies → 1891 Eng. dial.
► QUIDDLING adj. fussing, trifling, mincing → 1841 Amer. dial.
n. 1. the spending of time in trifling employments → 1841 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a semi-imbecile, stupid manner → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUIDDLY vb. to oscillate, to shake; to totter; to get about with difficulty → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUIDDY adj. brisk, sharp; shrewd → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
phr. what did you say? I didn’t hear what you said? → 1894 Eng. dial.
► QUIDE n. 1. a saying, speech, statement → 888 obs.
n. 2. a will, legacy, bequest → 950 obs.
n. 3. a promise → 1250 obs.
► QUID FISHING n. first-class, expert thieving → L19 UK criminals’ sl.
► QUIDGY adj. very small → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. something very small → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUIDIFICAL adj. quibbling, captious; triflingly subtle → 1542 obs.
► QUIDLET n. a pound sterling → 1911 sl.
► QUIDNUNC n. 1. one who is constantly asking: ‘What now?’ ‘What’s the news?’; one who is curious to know everything;  one who pretends to know all that is going on; hence, an inquisitive person; a gossip, a newsmonger → 1709
n. 2. a politician → 1886 sl.
► QUID-NUNC-ISM n. curiosity; love of news or gossip → 1847
► QUIDNUNCKERY n. curiosity; love of news or gossip → 1804
► QUID PRO QUO n. one who assumes a false character → 1689 obs.
► QUIDS adj. doing well → 1910 sl.
n. 1. money → L17 sl.
n. 2. a large amount of money → 1930 Aust.
► QUIDS IN adj. 1. prospering; at an advantage → 1919 UK sl.
adj. 2. first-class, excellent → 1950 UK prison & criminals’ sl.
adj. 3. of a person: reliable → 1950 UK prison & criminals’ sl.
adv. in profit → 1919 sl.
► QUIDS UP adj. doing well → 1910 sl.
► QUID-WORM n. a centipede → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)