QUID

chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad

(noun) a wad of something chewable as tobacco

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

quid (plural quids)

The inherent nature of something.

(US, historical) A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid).

Etymology 2

Noun

quid (plural quid or quids)

(historical) A sovereign or guinea.

(British, colloquial, slang) Pound sterling.

(Australia, colloquial) pound (before the 1966 currency change)

(Ireland, colloquial) pound, punt

(Ireland, colloquial) euro

Synonyms

• (pound sterling)

pound, pound sterling

(slang): nicker, sov

Etymology 3

Noun

quid (plural quids)

A piece of chewing tobacco.

(US, colloquial) the act of chewing such tobacco

Verb

quid (third-person singular simple present quids, present participle quidding, simple past and past participle quidded)

To chew tobacco

(of a horse) To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing

Anagrams

• Qidu

Source: Wiktionary


Quid, n. Etym: [See Cud.]

Definition: A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.

Quid, v. t. (Man.)

Definition: To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses. Youatt.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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