QUICKSAND

quicksand

(noun) a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down

quicksand

(noun) a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

quicksand (countable and uncountable, plural quicksands)

Wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts

Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically

Source: Wiktionary

Quick"sand`, n.

Definition: Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it. Life hath quicksands, -- Life hath snares! Longfellow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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