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quads

Noun

∙ plural of quad

Noun

∙ Short for quadriceps (thigh muscles) exercise (sport), slang
∙ four of a kind poker slang

quad

Noun

∙ Four shots of espresso.
∙ A kind of round robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once. chess
∙ The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume. Mormonism

Adjective

∙ Having four shots of espresso.

Noun

∙ A quadrangle (courtyard). informal
∙ A quadruplet (infant). informal
∙ A quadrilateral. computer graphics
∙ A quadriceps muscle. informal

Adjective

∙ Of or relating to quads. poker slang

Noun

∙ A quad bike (from quadricycle)
∙ Abbreviation of quadrillion BTU. (10¹⁵ BTU)

Noun

∙ A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type. letterpress typography
∙ A joke used to fill long days of setting type. printing slang
∙ 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. typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting

Verb

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