quad

  1. Noun.  (informal) A quadrangle (gloss, courtyard) .
  2. Noun.  (informal) A quadruplet (gloss, infant) .
  3. Noun.  short for quadrilateral.
  4. Noun.  (informal) A quadriceps muscle.
  5. Noun.  Four shots of espresso.
  6. Noun.  A quad bike.
  7. Adjective.  Having four shots of espresso.
  8. Adjective.  (poker slang) Of or relating to quads.
  9. Noun.  (metal type) A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
  10. Noun.  (printing, _) A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
  11. Noun.  (typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting) A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as ''quad left, quad right,'' or ''quad centre''.
  12. Verb.  (metal type, transitive) To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also ''quad out''.
  13. Verb.  (context, typography) To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.

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