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Definition: Quirt |
QuirtNoun1. Whip with a leather thong at the end. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "quirt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1901. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
QUIRT | English | Real time imaging and Quality control in Radiation Therapy | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Scourge | Blacksnake, bullwhack, chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok; rod in pickle; switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
quirt | 5 |
quirt walter | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "quirt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kamzhik (discipline, flagellum, horsewhip, knout, lash, scourge, sjambok, switch, whip), fshikulloj (flagellate, flick, flog, lash, scourge, switch, whip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سوط (cat, horsewhip, knout, lash, lashing, scourge, switch, whip), ضرب بالصوت. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бич (lash, plague, scourge, whip), бия с камшик (cat, cowhide, flay, flog, larrup, lash, scourge, thong). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cravacher, cravache tressée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | geflochtene reitpeitsche. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μαστίγιο (horsewhip, knout, lash, switch, whip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lovaglókorbács, korbácsol (flog, to cowhide, to flog, to lash, to scourge, to whip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | frustino (crop, horsewhip, riding crop, riding whip, whip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irtquay chicotear (cowhide, horsewhip, lash, swish, whip), chicote (cat-o'-nine-tails, horsewhip, lash, scourge, whip), açoite (lash, scourge, tawse, whip), açoitar (flap, flog, lash, leather, swinge, swish, thrash, trounce, whip). (various references) арапник. (various references) udarati korbačem, korbač (horsewhip, kourbash). (various references) cuarta (quart, quarte, quarter), azotar con cuarta. (various references) hundpiska. (various references) küçük kırbaç. (various references) хльостати гарапником, гарапник. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "quirt": quirted, quirting, quirts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "quirt": squirt. (additional references) | |
Words containing "quirt": squirted, squirter, squirters, squirting, squirts. (additional references) | |
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"Quirt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: equir, kirt, Qeziot, Qift, qirt, quaft, quarat, quarb, quard, quarf, quarg, quarj, quarm, quarp, quarti, queert, quemt, quept, querd, querm, querp, querr, quert, querty, querw, quiar, quiat, quidt, quift, quiot, quipt, quir, quirc, quird, quirg, Quirm, quirn, quiro, quirp, quirs, quirx, quiry, quis, quith, quitt, quity, quixt, quoir, Quorshi, quort, quorte, quott, qurd, quri, quria, quric, quril, qurrt, qursh, qurt, ukirt, urit. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-q-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: quit. | |
-2 letters: rut, tui. | |
-3 letters: it, ti, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-q-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: quirts, squirt. | |
+2 letters: briquet, quartic, querist, quieter, quilter, quintar, quirted, quitter, quittor, requite, squirts. | |
+3 letters: antiquer, aquarist, briquets, critique, pratique, quainter, quartics, quartile, quatrain, querists, quieters, quilters, quintars, quipster, quirting, quitrent, quitters, quittors, quixotry, requital, requited, requiter, requites, sequitur, squinter, squirted, squirter, torquing, tranquil, turquois. | |
+4 letters: acquitter, antiquark, antiquary, antiquers, aquarists, briquette, critiqued, critiques, pratiques, quadratic, quantizer, quartiles, quartzite, quatrains, quercetin, quipsters, quirkiest, quitrents, requisite, requitals, requiters, requiting, roqueting, sequiturs, sobriquet, squattier, squinters, squintier, squirters, squirting, turquoise, unquieter. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Abbreviations 6. Acronyms 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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