(n.) A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.
(v. t.) To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses.
Example Sentences:
(1) "This is the guy we've all seen in Borders or HMV on a Friday afternoon, possibly after a drink or two, tie slightly undone, buying two CDs, a DVD and maybe a book - fifty quid's worth - and frantically computing how he's going to convince his partner that this is a really, really worthwhile investment."
(2) The results suggest that formation of reactive oxygen species in the presence of NNN may be a key factor in the initiation of oral tumours in tobacco and betel-quid chewers.
(3) He compared the situation to insider trading or corruption, in which there may not be direct proof of a criminal quid pro quo taking place, but where there is a pattern of behaviour that warrants attention.
(4) Powdered slaked lime applied to the chewed Areca nut with Piper betle inflorescence at the corner of the mouth causes the mean pH to rise to 10, at which reactive oxygen species are generated from betel quid ingredients in vitro.
(5) It costs 25 quid, which is why I only went when I was offered a free lunch: I was being given some sort of award.
(6) If somehow they can, it’s even harder to see how we can sell less than the EU yet be the side that’s “quids in”, and harder still to see how so much money would be allowed to bypass the treasury for the department of business.
(7) There is the very real, or perhaps surreal, prospect, of postal workers simultaneously downing tools (parking their trolleys) and subscribing a few hundred quid for Royal Mail shares.
(8) The frequency of micronucleated cells (MNC) derived from exfoliated human oral mucosal cells has been measured to assess genotoxic damage in chewers of betel quid with tobacco (BQT) and tobacco with lime (T).
(9) Behind the scenes, ITV is offering to look again at the importance of national and regional news as a quid pro quo for political support for deregulation.
(10) Taken together, the observed pathobiological effects of areca-nut extract and certain related compounds in cultured human buccal epithelial cells indicate that these agents may contribute to the oral carcinogenicity associated with chewing betel quid.
(11) The elevation of MEC in Taiwanese, who are at low risk for oral cancer, is relatively small as compared to that found in chewers of Indian betel quids (pan), who show a highly elevated oral cancer risk.
(12) To prevent relapses, quinidine had been continued in 25 patients in doses 100 mg quid lower than those used for conversion.
(13) Whether the law was actually broken, whether there was quid pro quos, or inside information is a better way to put it, we don’t know.
(14) Oh, and they also stung you for £25 last month when you went a few quid over your overdraft limit.
(15) A link between the generation of areca nut-related N-nitrosamines in the saliva, the induction of genotoxic damage in the oral mucosa, as judged by an increase in micronucleated exfoliated cells (MEC), and a low incidence of oral cancer was studied in 2 population groups characterized by their habit of chewing quids without tobacco: Guamanians, who chew areca nuts (Areca catechu) with or without the addition of betel leaf (Piper betle); Taiwanese, who use areca nut, betel leaf or inference and slaked lime.
(16) But the joint plan does involve a quid pro quo – states agreeing to making their own taxes more efficient and to longer term reforms before the commonwealth puts its money on the table.
(17) The EU commissioner for economic and financial affairs, Pierre Moscovici, said Greece and its creditors were still at loggerheads over reforms to Greek pensions and VAT rates, which lenders want to be toughened as a quid pro quo for giving Athens further bailout funds.
(18) (3) Formation of endogenous NOC was assessed by the NPRO test in: (i) subjects living in high- and low-incidence areas for stomach cancer in northern Japan, Costa Rica and Poland; (ii) subjects with different habits of betel-quid chewing and tobacco use; (iii) patients with urinary bladder infections; and (iv) subjects infested with liver fluke in Thailand.
(19) A real corker of a package if you are a bingo-playing pensioner who likes a tot of the hard stuff and has a few quid in the bank.
(20) According to one source close to the paper, the quid pro quo for such support is simple: the paper will demand the same "Rolls Royce" service from the Conservatives provided by Alastair Campbell and Tony Blair in the years immediately following Murdoch's warm embrace of New Labour.
Quiz
Definition:
(n.) A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.
(n.) One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.
(n.) An odd or absurd fellow.
(n.) An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination.
(v. t.) To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
(v. t.) To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
(v. t.) To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.
(v. i.) To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.
Example Sentences:
(1) When Jones was a governor, regular board meetings were held in which they could quiz management about editorial decisions ,as former chairman such as the now deceased Marmaduke Hussey regularly did.
(2) The quiz mode has multiple-choice questions and answers, accompanied by images.
(3) For a "free form" class project in senior year I did a quiz show-style performance piece based on her life ("Ted Hughes cheated on Sylvia Plath: True or False?")
(4) He says his job is to ‘base search on really understanding what the language means’.The most successful example of natural-language processing to date is IBM’s computer Watson, which in 2011 went on the US quiz show Jeopardy and won (shown above).
(5) USvTh3m, which aims to quickly develop humorous interactive quizzes and games based current news and events, developed the 13-question quiz following the Daily Mail's attack on Labour leader Ed Miliband's late father .
(6) By using Palmore's Facts on Ageing Quiz, it was determined that client selection did in fact make a difference vis-à-vis learning outcomes about ageing and the aged.
(7) Data were gathered using a Social Distance Scale, Goals of Life Index, Facts on Aging Quiz, and Aging Semantic Differentials.
(8) It remains to be seen what Ross, 49, will do next, although he has said he will continue to host the Bafta film awards, which he presented on BBC1 last month, as well as BBC1's Comic Relief and his regular end of year appearances on Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz of the Year, which is produced by his production company, HotSauce, which also makes his BBC1 show.
(9) A seven-word terminology quiz made up of words from the CUE form was also enclosed.
(10) , a US quiz show that has broadcast there for decades, will televise a contest between two of its past champions and a super-intelligent computer.
(11) Toksvig is standing down as the host of BBC Radio 4’s comedy show The News Quiz to set up the Women’s Equality party , which plans to field candidates in the 2020 general election.
(12) The education committee held hearings to quiz Spielman , and its report concludes that she “did not demonstrate sufficient vision or show the leadership abilities we feel will be needed.
(13) It followed a celebrity edition of the Channel 4 quiz 15 to One, hosted by Adam Hills, which had 1.6 million viewers (7.9%) between 8pm and 9pm.
(14) ITV's live football coverage on Wednesday afternoon will run from 3.30pm to 6.10pm, dropping, among other shows, the Bradley Walsh quiz The Chase.
(15) However, one of the answers was "sailcloth", which viewers were unable to identify because it ends with H rather than T. The Quiz call presenter apologised to viewers and Five later described it as "an innocent yet stupid mistake".
(16) UsvsTh3m , the Daily Mirror publisher's Buzzfeed-style social content offering, is expected to reach 3 million unique users in October, thanks largely to interactive quiz "How much are you hated by the Daily Mail?"
(17) It has a chess club, cake sales, regular pub quiz nights and an internal puzzle newsletter called Kryptos.
(18) It was a quiz question: should Russia have surrendered and saved countless lives?
(19) The Palestinian comedy team Watan a Watar have enjoyed huge success with their take on an Isis propaganda video featuring a roadblock and a quiz: incorrect answers mean instant execution but these jolly, bumbling jihadis win points to get them to Paradise.
(20) Identifying Donald Trump's foreign policy – a quiz with no right answers | Lawrence Douglas Read more No student of history, Trump may or may not have been aware that his attack on Syria coincided with the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into the first world war .