Q

//kjuː// character, det, name, noun, num, slang

Definitions

Character
  1. 1
    The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script. letter, lowercase
  2. 2
    The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script. letter, uppercase
Determiner
  1. 1
    Each, every (with a time interval).

    "175 mg/m² q 3 wks"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Arthur Quiller-Couch.
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of Quran. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    The hypothetical common source (logion collection) of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (from German Quelle (“source”)); all the non-Marcan shared material in those gospels (not always considered a single document)

    "In comparing Q 10:10–11 and Mark 6:11, there is no reliable way to determine which exact form of the saying is more primitive, the third person account of Mark or the direct speech recorded in Q."

  4. 4
    Abbreviation of QAnon (“anonymous poster on anonymous online message boards who originated a pro-Trump conspiracy theory”). US, abbreviation, alt-of

    "In this fantasy world, all of the far right’s wildest dreams come true: Q promises that Clinton, Obama, Podesta, Abedin, and even McCain are all either arrested and wearing secret police-issued ankle monitors, or just about to be indicted; that the Steele dossier is a total fabrication personally paid for by Clinton and Obama; and that the Las Vegas massacre was most definitely an inside job connected to the Saudi-Clinton cabal."

  5. 5
    Nickname for Albuquerque: a city in New Mexico, United States. colloquial

    "“So you’re from the Q?” he said. / “The Q?” said Donovan. / “Albuquerque,” said Jason."

Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of non-automatic qualification, indicating an athlete who qualifies to the next round either by time as a fastest loser (in track events) or by position without achieving the qualifying target (in field events). abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of question or questions. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "Q and A"

  3. 3
    A gadget master, gadget creator. slang
  4. 4
    the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet wordnet
  5. 5
    Abbreviation of question. abbreviation, alt-of

    "We can't BELIEVE it's been #9YearsofLittleMix?! Aside from the girls slaying every #BRITs look they've had, what's your fave mem? (we know it's a hard q!) 👀💖"

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  1. 6
    Abbreviation of quarter. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Abbreviation of quarter.; A quarter ounce of a drug. UK, countable, slang, uncountable

    "Yeah, alright, started with a Q, didn't wait in line"

  3. 8
    Ellipsis of Q factor (“quality factor”). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  4. 9
    Abbreviation of quasar. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    Abbreviation of qualified. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    American Library Association abbreviation of quarto (“book size”). countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    Abbreviation of queen. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=)"

  8. 13
    Alternative letter-case form of q (“every”). alt-of, countable, uncountable
Numeral
  1. 1
    The seventeenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script. lowercase
  2. 2
    The seventeenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script. uppercase

Etymology

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Etymology 2

From Latin quaque (“every”).

Etymology 3

From Latin Q.

Etymology 4

From Latin Q.

Etymology 5

Shortening

Etymology 6

Shortening

Etymology 7

From James Bond films, the quartermaster being codenamed Q, from the novels by Ian Flemming, where he created Q-branch, which creates secret devices hidden in plain sight, named after Q-ships, heavily armed merchantmen that look like normal merchantmen.

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