Meaning

3 senses

  1. Abbreviation of quarter.

    (UK, countable, slang, uncountable)A quarter ounce of a drug.

  2. (countable, uncountable)American Library Association abbreviation of quarto (“book size”).

  3. (slang)A gadget master, gadget creator.

More definitions
  • the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
  • the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet

Examples

18 sentences

  1. When the teacher is very strict, the students must mind their P's and Q's.

    Коли вчитель дуже суворий, учні повинні працювати з усієї сили.

    ruКогда учитель очень строгий, ученики должны работать изо всех сил.

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  2. I've used up my Q-tips.

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  3. Tom regularly cleans his ears with Q-tips.

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  4. The letters q, w and x exist in English.

    ruБуквы q, w и x существуют в английском языке.

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  5. Thus, p is the case if and only if q is the case.

    deAlso ist p der Fall genau dann, wenn q der Fall ist.

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Origin

From James Bond films, the quartermaster being codenamed Q, from the novels by Ian Flemm

From James Bond films, the quartermaster being codenamed Q, from the novels by Ian Flemming, where he created Q-branch, which creates secret devices hidden in plain sight, named after Q-ships, heavily armed merchantmen that look like normal merchantmen.

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Forms

plural: Qs
SingularQ
PluralQs

regular

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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