quad
A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right, or quad centre.
A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
A horse, from colloquial or humorous quadruped specifically for horse.
A poster advertising a cinematic film release, measuring forty by thirty inches, four times the area of crown paper.
A quadruple, a jump with four revolutions in the air.
A serving of four shots of espresso; (attributive) containing four shots of espresso.
A skate with four wheels.
Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).
Thesaurus
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing