Quid

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɪd

From Latin quid ("what, something"), neuter singular of quis ("who").

Full definition of quid

Noun

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

Origin unknown.

Noun

1. (historical) A sovereign or guinea.
2. (British, colloquial) Pound sterling.Five quid for a sandwich? You're having a laugh!
3. (Australia, colloquial) pound before the 1966 currency change
4. (Ireland, colloquial) pound, punt
5. (Ireland, colloquial) euro

Synonyms

• (pound sterling)
• pound, pound sterling
• (slang) nicker, sov

Derived terms

• quids in

Variant of cud.

Noun

1. A piece of chewing tobacco.
• 1901, s:Author:William Wymark Jacobs, s:Light Freights Chapter 1, He broke off to open a small brass tobacco-box and place a little quid of tobacco tenderly into a pouch in his left cheek, ...
2. (US, colloquial) the act of chewing such tobacco

Verb

1. To chew tobacco
• 1902, John Masefield, Ah! the pig-tailed, quidding pirates and the pretty pranks we played
2. (of a horse) To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing