Meaning of Q | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
   letter, lowercase
2. Abbreviation of non-automatic qualification, indicating an athlete who qualifies to the next round either by time as a fastest loser (in track events) or by position without achieving the qualifying target (in field events).
   abbreviation, alt-of
3. Abbreviation of question or questions.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
4. Arthur Quiller-Couch.
5. A gadget master, gadget creator.
   slang
6. Abbreviation of question.
   abbreviation, alt-of
7. Abbreviation of quarter.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
8. Abbreviation of Quran.
   abbreviation, alt-of
9. A quarter ounce of a drug.
   UK, countable, slang, uncountable
10. The hypothetical common source (logion collection) of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (from German Quelle (“source”)); all the non-Marcan shared material in those gospels (not always considered a single document)
11. Ellipsis of Q factor (“quality factor”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
12. Abbreviation of QAnon (“anonymous poster on anonymous online message boards who originated a pro-Trump conspiracy theory”).
    US, abbreviation, alt-of
13. Abbreviation of quasar.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
14. Nickname for Albuquerque: a city in New Mexico, United States.
    colloquial
15. Abbreviation of qualified.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
16. American Library Association abbreviation of quarto (“book size”).
    countable, uncountable
17. Abbreviation of queen.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
18. Alternative letter-case form of q (“every”).
    alt-of, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“We can't BELIEVE it's been #9YearsofLittleMix?! Aside from the girls slaying every #BRITs look they've had, what's your fave mem? (we know it's a hard q!) 👀💖”

“Q and A”

“Yeah, alright, started with a Q, didn't wait in line”

“1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=)”

“The correct answer is 1.Rxf6 Rxf6 2.Rf1 Raf8 3.Qg5 Kg7 4.Nh5+ Other sub-variations work, such as playing 2.Qg5 then 3.Rf1 or playing 4.Bxf6+ first before playing 5.Nh5+.”

“In comparing Q 10:10–11 and Mark 6:11, there is no reliable way to determine which exact form of the saying is more primitive, the third person account of Mark or the direct speech recorded in Q.”

“In this fantasy world, all of the far right’s wildest dreams come true: Q promises that Clinton, Obama, Podesta, Abedin, and even McCain are all either arrested and wearing secret police-issued ankle monitors, or just about to be indicted; that the Steele dossier is a total fabrication personally paid for by Clinton and Obama; and that the Las Vegas massacre was most definitely an inside job connected to the Saudi-Clinton cabal.”

“In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.”

“At the end of her report, Coaston concluded, “Most people have never heard of QAnon, or Q — and that includes most of Donald Trump’s supporters.” That’s still the case, but the fact that this book is at the top of some of Amazon’s most prominent recommendation lists means that a far larger share of the population will — at a minimum — stumble across these ideas.”

““So you’re from the Q?” he said. / “The Q?” said Donovan. / “Albuquerque,” said Jason.”

“Some folks in “the Q” prefer to drink the Fair Trade Guatemalan coffee fresh roasted in this locally owned small café.”

“Great, I call Ahmed and he comes to the Albuquerque airport car rental spot. […] We’ll buy the cutting powder and small plastic bags and everything else we need in the Q.”

“Okay, Albuquerque has a few furniture stores on the north side, plus, Walmart and Target. […] Hey Manny, I’m gonna head into the Q, do you guys need anything here?”

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