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Definition: On The Quiet |
On The QuietAdjective1. Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: On The QuietSynonyms: clandestine (adj), cloak-and-dagger (adj), hole-and-corner(a) (adj), hugger-mugger (adj), hush-hush (adj), on the quiet(p) (adj), secret (adj), surreptitious (adj), undercover (adj), underground (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: On The Quiet |
| English words defined with "on the quiet": Angle of repose ♦ genus Potamogeton ♦ Pacific Ocean, placid, Potamogeton ♦ quiet ♦ still ♦ tranquil ♦ unruffled. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "on the quiet": C-index, CSMA/CD, CSMACD ♦ diskless workstation ♦ Jephthah ♦ LOVER ♦ seismic gap, Seraiah, Sleepy Hollow ♦ Very Vulgar Vulgarisms. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | On the Quiet (1918) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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![]() | Knights practising on the quiet. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | William Collier in Augustus Thomas' new comedy, On the quiet. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "on the quiet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тайно (darkling, furtively, hugger mugger, in camera, in private, inwardly, on the sly, privately, privily, secretly, under the counter, under the rose, underground, underhand, underhanded), тихомълком (by stealth, tacitly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | salavihkaa (furtively, in secret). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unter der Hand (underhand, underhandly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szép csendben (on the q. t., on the q.t.), suba alatt (by stealth, on the q. t., on the q.t., stealthily), legnagyobb titokban (in strict privacy, on the q. t.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onay ethay ietquay a escondidas. (various references) gizlice (by devious means, by stealth, clandestinely, confidentially, furtively, in privacy, in private, in secret, on the sly, secretly, sub rosa, under the counter, under the rose, underground), çaktırmadan (on the sly, slily, without attracting smb.'s attention, without being noticed). (various references) нишком, під великим секретом. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-n-o-q-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: quotient. | |
-3 letters: quieten, quintet. | |
-4 letters: equine, ethion, outhit, quinte, tentie, tenuti, tenuto, theine, toquet. | |
-5 letters: queen, quiet, quint, quite, quoin, quoit, quote, quoth, teeth, tenet, tenth, thein, thine, tithe, toque, tutee, unite, untie. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-i-n-o-q-t-t-u" | |
+4 letters: coquettishness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 6E      54 68 65      51 75 69 65 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01101110 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01010001 01110101 01101001 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O n   T h e   Q u i e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 006E      0054 0068 0065      0051 0075 0069 0065 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4980254747125187757186 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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