quid

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkwɪd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kwɪd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kwid)

Inflections of 'quid' (n): npl: quid

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
quid1 /kwɪd/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a portion of something, esp. tobacco, to be chewed but not swallowed.

quid2 /kwɪd/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. quid. 
  1. British Termsa pound sterling.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
quid1  (kwid),USA pronunciation n. 
    1. a portion of something, esp. tobacco, that is to be chewed but not swallowed.
    • dialect, dialectal variant of cud 1720–30

quid2  (kwid),USA pronunciation n., pl. quid. 
  1. British Termsone pound sterling.
  • origin, originally uncertain 1680–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
quid / kwɪd/
  1. a piece of tobacco, suitable for chewing
Etymology: Old English cwidu chewing resin; related to Old High German quiti glue, Old Norse kvātha resin; see cud
quid / kwɪd/ (quid)
  1. one pound sterling
  2. quids in ⇒ in a very favourable or advantageous position
Etymology: 17th Century: of obscure origin
'quid' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cud - quid pro quo - quiddity - quidnunc - tertium quid - which

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