quad

Etymology
Shortened, via or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to 🇨🇬; compare,.

The typography senses are from the abbreviation for obsolete ; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense.

Noun

 * 1)   A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
 * 2)  A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  A quadrangle quadrangular courtyard.
 * 5)  A horse, from colloquial or humorous  specifically for horse.
 * 6) Something that is  (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.
 * 7) A poster advertising a cinematic film release, measuring forty by thirty inches, four times the area of  paper.
 * 8)  A, a jump with four revolutions in the air.
 * 9) A serving of four shots of espresso;  containing four shots of espresso.
 * 10) A skate with four wheels.
 * 11)  A group of four insulated wires twisted together to form two circuits of two wires each.
 * 12)  A, a directional radio antenna consisting of multiple loop antennas.
 * 13)  A, one of four babies born during the same birth.
 * 14)  A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
 * 15)  The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
 * 16)  Of or relating to quads four of a kind.
 * 17)  The quadriceps muscle.
 * 18)  A quadriplegic person.
 * 19) A unit of energy equivalent to a quadrillion BTU 1015 BTU.
 * 20) A quad bike.
 * 21)  A quadrilateral.
 * 22)  A quadcopter.
 * 23)  A quadrupel beer.
 * 1)  A group of four insulated wires twisted together to form two circuits of two wires each.
 * 2)  A, a directional radio antenna consisting of multiple loop antennas.
 * 3)  A, one of four babies born during the same birth.
 * 4)  A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
 * 5)  The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
 * 6)  Of or relating to quads four of a kind.
 * 7)  The quadriceps muscle.
 * 8)  A quadriplegic person.
 * 9) A unit of energy equivalent to a quadrillion BTU 1015 BTU.
 * 10) A quad bike.
 * 11)  A quadrilateral.
 * 12)  A quadcopter.
 * 13)  A quadrupel beer.
 * 1)  A quadriplegic person.
 * 2) A unit of energy equivalent to a quadrillion BTU 1015 BTU.
 * 3) A quad bike.
 * 4)  A quadrilateral.
 * 5)  A quadcopter.
 * 6)  A quadrupel beer.
 * 1)  A quadrilateral.
 * 2)  A quadcopter.
 * 3)  A quadrupel beer.
 * 1)  A quadcopter.
 * 2)  A quadrupel beer.
 * 1)  A quadcopter.
 * 2)  A quadrupel beer.
 * 1)  A quadrupel beer.

Adjective

 * , four times the usual size or quantity.
 * 1)  Quadrille, marked with squares.
 * 1)  Quadrille, marked with squares.
 * 1)  Quadrille, marked with squares.
 * 1)  Quadrille, marked with squares.
 * 1)  Quadrille, marked with squares.

Derived terms

 * quad paper

Verb

 * 1)  To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
 * 2)  To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
 * 3)  To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
 * 4)  To ride a quad bike.
 * 1)  To ride a quad bike.
 * 1)  To ride a quad bike.
 * 1)  To ride a quad bike.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) quad bike

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) quad, quad bike

Noun

 * 1) quad bike

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) quad bike

Etymology
, from.

Adjective

 * 1)  evil, wicked, bad

Usage notes
Only the comparative is attested.

Noun

 * 1) all-terrain vehicle