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q

character
/kjuː//kju/US/kjʉː/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from quaque

Definitions

  1. The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin…

    The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.

  2. The seventeenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the…

    The seventeenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.

  3. Abbreviation of non-automatic qualification, indicating an athlete who qualifies to the…

    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).

  4. ›+ 16 more definitions

    1. Abbreviation of question.

      • 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!) 👀💖

    2. Each, every (with a time interval).

      • 175 mg/m² q 3 wks

    3. Abbreviation of question or questions.

      • Q and A

    4. Abbreviation of quarter.

    5. Ellipsis of Q factor (“quality factor”).

    6. Abbreviation of quasar.

    7. Abbreviation of qualified.

    8. American Library Association abbreviation of quarto (“book size”).

    9. Abbreviation of queen.

      • 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 (=)
      • The correct answer is 1.Rxf6 Rxf6 2.Rf1 Raf8 3.Qg5 Kg7 4.Nh5+ Other sub-variations work, such as playing 2.Qg5 then 3.Rf1 or playing 4.Bxf6+ first before playing 5.Nh5+.

    10. Alternative letter-case form of q (“every”).

    11. Arthur Quiller-Couch.

    12. Abbreviation of Quran.

    13. The hypothetical common source (logion collection) of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke…

      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.

    14. Abbreviation of QAnon (“anonymous poster on anonymous online message boards who…

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

    15. Nickname for Albuquerque

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

      • “So you’re from the Q?” he said. / “The Q?” said Donovan. / “Albuquerque,” said Jason.
      • Some folks in “the Q” prefer to drink the Fair Trade Guatemalan coffee fresh roasted in this locally owned small café.
      • Great, I call Ahmed and he comes to the Albuquerque airport car rental spot. […] We’ll buy the cutting powder and small plastic bags and everything else we need in the Q.

    16. A gadget master, gadget creator.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for q. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA