Synonyms of the word quid


QUIDBIT - BITE - CHAW - CHEW - CONSIDERATION - CUD - MORSEL - PLUG - POUND - RETAINER - WAD

quid

  • n. The inherent nature of something.
  • n. (US, historical) A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid).
  • n. (historical) A sovereign or guinea.
  • n. (Britain, colloquial) Pound sterling.
  • n. (Australia, colloquial) pound (before the 1966 currency change).
  • n. (Ireland, colloquial) pound, punt.
  • n. (Ireland, colloquial) euro.
  • n. A piece of chewing tobacco.
  • n. (US, colloquial) the act of chewing such tobacco.
  • v. To chew tobacco.
  • v. (of a horse) To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing.

bit

  • n. A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
  • n. A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
  • n. (dated, Britain) A coin of a specified value. (Also formerly used for a nine-pence coin in the British…
  • n. (obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime.
  • n. (US) An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents. (When this term first…
  • n. (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly…
  • n. A small amount of something.
  • n. (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
  • n. A portion of something.
  • n. Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree.
  • n. (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
  • n. An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
  • n. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
  • n. The cutting iron of a plane.
  • adv. To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").
  • v. (transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
  • v. simple past tense of bite.
  • v. (informal in US, archaic in Britain) past participle of bite, bitten.
  • adj. (colloquial) bitten.
  • adj. (only in combination) Having been bitten.
  • n. (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
  • n. (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
  • n. (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
  • n. (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
  • n. A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).

bite

  • v. (transitive) To cut off a piece by clamping the teeth.
  • v. (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
  • v. (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
  • v. (intransitive) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
  • v. (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
  • v. (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
  • v. (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some…
  • v. (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
  • v. (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be…
  • v. (transitive) To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense.
  • v. (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so…
  • v. (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
  • v. (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
  • v. (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
  • v. (intransitive, African American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
  • n. The act of biting.
  • n. The wound left behind after having been bitten.
  • n. The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
  • n. A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
  • n. (slang) Something unpleasant.
  • n. (slang) An act of plagiarism.
  • n. A small meal or snack.
  • n. (figuratively) aggression.
  • n. The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of…
  • n. (colloquial, dated) A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
  • n. (colloquial, dated, slang) A sharper; one who cheats.
  • n. (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else,…

chaw

  • n. (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
  • n. (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco.
  • n. (obsolete) The jaw.
  • v. (archaic or nonstandard) To chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud); to champ…
  • v. To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
  • v. (Britain, slang) To steal.

chew

  • v. To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break…
  • v. To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
  • v. (informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
  • n. The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
  • n. A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
  • n. (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
  • n. (countable or uncountable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.

consideration

  • n. The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being…
  • n. Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.
  • n. The tendency to consider others.
  • n. A payment or other recompense for something done.
  • n. (law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise,…
  • n. Importance, claim to notice, regard.

cud

  • n. The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach,…
  • v. (transitive) To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time.
  • v. (informal) Alternative form of could.

morsel

  • n. A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.
  • n. A very small amount.

plug

  • n. (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket.
  • n. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
  • n. (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
  • n. (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
  • n. (US, slang) A worthless horse.
  • n. (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
  • n. A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features…
  • n. (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
  • n. (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
  • n. (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually…
  • n. A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the…
  • v. (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
  • v. (transitive) To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
  • v. (transitive) To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
  • v. (slang, transitive) to have sex with, penetrate sexually.

pound

  • n. A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning…
  • n. A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring…
  • n. (US) The symbol # (octothorpe, hash).
  • n. The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
  • n. Any of various units of currency used in Egypt and Lebanon, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus…
  • n. Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
  • n. Abbreviation for pound-force, a unit of force/weight. Using this abbreviation to describe pound-force…
  • n. A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals. An animal shelter.
  • n. A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc. Short form of…
  • n. A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
  • n. A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by…
  • v. To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
  • v. (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
  • v. (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
  • v. (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
  • v. (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
  • v. To advance heavily with measured steps.
  • v. (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
  • v. (slang, dated) To wager a pound on.
  • n. A hard blow.

retainer

  • n. Any thing or person that retains.
  • n. A dependent or follower of someone of rank.
  • n. A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.
  • n. A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.
  • n. (dentistry) A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.

wad

  • n. An amorphous, compact mass.
  • n. A substantial pile (normally of money).
  • n. A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge.
  • n. (slang) A sandwich.
  • n. (slang, vulgar) An ejaculation of semen.
  • n. (mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various…
  • v. To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
  • v. (Ulster) To wager.
  • v. To insert or force a wad into.
  • v. To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.

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