Definitions for quidkwɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

quidkwɪd(n.)

  1. a portion of something, esp. tobacco, that is to be chewed but not swallowed.

Origin of quid:

1720–30; dial. var. of cud

quidkwɪd(n.)(pl.)quid.

  1. Brit. Informal.one pound sterling.

    Category: British

Origin of quid:

1680–90; orig. uncert.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. British pound, pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid(noun)

    the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

  2. quid pro quo, quid(noun)

    something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises

  3. chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad(noun)

    a wad of something chewable as tobacco

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. quid(noun)ɪd

    a pound in money

    It only cost a couple of quid.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Quid(noun)

    a portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco

  2. Quid(verb)

    to drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses


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