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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Quid has 3 senses
- quid(n = noun.quantity) british pound, british pound sterling, pound, pound sterling - the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence; Array is a kind of british monetary unit
- quid(n = noun.possession) quid pro quo - something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises; Array is a kind of consideration, retainer
- quid(n = noun.food) chaw, chew, cud, plug, wad - a wad of something chewable as tobacco; Array is a kind of bit, bite, morsel
has parts: penny
CIDE DICTIONARY
Quid, n. [See Cud.].
A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco. [1913 Webster]
Quid, n. [Etym. uncertain.].
An English coin, a sovereign. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
"They invited him to come to-morrow, . . . and bring half a quid with him."
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Quid, v. t.
To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses. Youatt. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Quid, n. (pl. same) Brit. sl. one pound sterling.
Idiom
not the full quid Austral. sl. mentally deficient. quids in sl. in a position of profit.
Quid, n. a lump of tobacco for chewing.
Etymology
dial. var. of CUD
THESAURUS
Quid
axiom, bawbee, bite, bolus, cavendish, center, champ, chaw, chew, chewing tobacco, chomp, core, crown, cud, cut plug, dollar, eating tobacco, elixir, essence, essential, farthing, fid, fiver, florin, flower, focus, fourpence, fourpenny, fundamental, gist, gnash, gob, gravamen, groat, guinea, half crown, half dollar, halfpenny, heart, hypostasis, inner essence, kernel, mag, marrow, meat, meg, mite, monkey, morsel, mouthful, munch, navy, navy plug, new pence, nibble, nip, np, nub, nucleus, nuts and bolts, p, pence, penny, pigtail, pith, pony, postulate, pound, principle, quiddity, quintessence, sap, shilling, sixpence, snap, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, swallow, tenner, the nitty-gritty, threepence, threepenny bit, thrippence, tobacco juice, tuppence, twist, twopenceROGET THESAURUS
Quid
Pungency
N pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race, sharpness, acrimony, roughness, unsavoriness, mustard, cayenne, caviare, seasoning, niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness), carbonate of ammonia, sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts, hartshorn (acridity), dram, cordial, nip, nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke, segar, cigar, cigarette, weed, fragrant weed, Indian weed, Cavendish, fid, negro head, old soldier, rappee, stogy, pungent, strong, high-, full-flavored, high-tasted, high-seasoned, gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy, biting, mordant, spicy, seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, rough, unsavory.
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