TORQUED

Verb

torqued

simple past tense and past participle of torque

Adjective

torqued (comparative more torqued, superlative most torqued)

Upset; angry.

Source: Wiktionary


Torqued, a. Etym: [L. torquere to twist, to turn, to wind.]

1. Wreathed; twisted. [R.]

2. (Her.)

Definition: Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S.

TORQUE

Torque, n. Etym: [L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr. torquere to twist.]

1. A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.

2. Etym: [L. torquere to twist.] (Mech.)

Definition: That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces. J. Thomson.

3. (Phys. Science)

Definition: A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




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27 June 2025

SQUARE

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”


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