(Islam) The use of analogy as precedent in Shari'a jurisprudence.
quais
quasi
quasi
adj
Resembling or having a likeness to something.
quids
quids
noun
plural of quid
quins
quins
noun
plural of quin
quips
quips
noun
plural of quip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quip
quist
quist
noun
(UK Midlands) The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus.
quits
quits
adj
(colloquial, Britain) On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed.
noun
plural of quit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quit
risqu
squib
squib
noun
(US) Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit.
(archaic except in idioms) An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.
(automotive) The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.
(dated) A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.
(dated) A writer of lampoons.
(film, theater) In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface.
(firearms) A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.
(graphic design) A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed.
(law) In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.
(linguistics) A short article, often published in journals, that introduces theoretically problematic empirical data or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.
(military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
(mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
verb
(colloquial, dated, transitive, intransitive) To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute.
To make a sound like a small explosion.
squid
squid
noun
(UK, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
(US, military, slang, mildly derogatory) A sailor in the Navy.
(slang, motorcycling, derogatory) A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.
A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
verb
(fishing) To fish with the kind of hook called a squid.
(parachuting) To cause squidding (an improper, partial, parachute inflation, that results in the sides of the parachute folding in on the center, and pulsating back and forth).
squin
squit
squit
noun
(Norfolk, uncountable) Nonsense; amusing stories.
(derogatory, informal, countable) A person of low status.
verb
(transitive, Internet) To disconnect (an IRC server) from a network.
