quad

An open square space with buildings around it, often at a school or college.

• We met in the quad.
• Students were eating lunch on the quad.
• She crossed the quad on her way to the library.

Similar words: quadrangle, courtyard

Common phrases: college quad, across the quad, in the quad

A coffee drink containing four shots of espresso.

• I ordered a quad.
• She asked for a quad latte.
• The barista warned that a quad contains a lot of caffeine.

Common phrases: order a quad, quad latte, quad espresso

A roller skate with four wheels arranged in two pairs.

• She learned to skate on quads.
• These quads have soft wheels for outdoor skating.
• He prefers quads to inline skates.

Similar words: roller skate

Common phrases: quad skates, ride a quad, quad wheels

A film poster measuring forty inches wide and thirty inches high.

• The collector bought a rare quad.
• An original quad for that film sold at auction.
• The cinema displayed a quad beside the entrance.

Common phrases: british quad, quad poster, original quad

Having four parts, or four times the usual amount or size.

• The machine has a quad processor setup.
• They ordered a quad dose of the mixture.
• The new model offers quad storage capacity.

Similar words: quadruple, fourfold

Common phrases: quad size, quad dose, quad processor

Marked with a pattern of small squares.

• Use quad paper for the graph.
• She bought a pad of quad paper.
• The quad notebook made drawing straight lines easier.

Similar words: squared, graph-ruled

Common phrases: quad paper, quad notebook

To fill empty spaces in a line of printing type with small blank blocks.

• Quad out the last line.
• The compositor quadded the gaps between the words.
• She quadded out the line before locking the type in place.

How to use it: quad out something (The printer quadded out the short line.)

Similar words: space out

Common phrases: quad out, quad a line

To position text against the left or right edge of a page, or in the center.

• Quad the heading center.
• She quadded the paragraph left.
• The printer quadded the address right to match the layout.

How to use it: quad something left/right (Quad the address right.)

Similar words: align

Common phrases: quad left, quad right, quad center