Quid

English

Noun

Quid (plural Quids)

1. The inherent nature of something.
2. (US, historical) A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid).

Noun

Quid (plural quid or rarely quids)

1. (historical) A sovereign or guinea.
2. (UK, colloquial) Pound sterling.

   Five quid for a sandwich? You're having a laugh!

3. (Australian, colloquial) pound (before the 1966 currency change)
4. (Irish, colloquial) pound, punt, euro

Synonyms

• (pound sterling):
  • (standard English): pound, pound sterling
  • (slang): nicker, sov

Derived terms

• quids in

Noun

Quid (plural Quids)

1. A piece of chewing tobacco.
2. (US, colloquial) the act of chewing such tabacco

Verb

Quid (third-person singular simple present Quids, present participle quidding, simple past and past participle quidded)

1. To chew tobacco
2. (of a horse) To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing

Thesaurus

axiom, bawbee, bite, bolus, cavendish, center, champ, chaw, chew, chewing tobacco, chomp, core, crown, cud, cut plug, dollar, eating tobacco, elixir, essence, essential, farthing, fid, fiver, florin, flower, focus, fourpence, fourpenny, fundamental, gist, gnash, gob, gravamen, groat, guinea, half crown, half dollar, halfpenny, heart, hypostasis, inner essence, kernel, mag, marrow, meat, meg, mite, monkey, morsel, mouthful, munch, navy, navy plug, new pence, nibble, nip, np, nub, nucleus, nuts and bolts, p, pence, penny, pigtail, pith, pony, postulate, pound, principle, quiddity, quintessence, sap, shilling, sixpence, snap, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, swallow, tenner, the nitty-gritty, threepence, threepenny bit, thrippence, tobacco juice, tuppence, twist, twopence

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwɪd/

  Rhymes: -ɪd