quat

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kwɒt/ (General American) IPA(key): /kwɑt/ Rhymes: -ɒt === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== quat (plural quats) (obsolete) A pustule. (obsolete) An annoying, worthless person. ==== Verb ==== quat (third-person singular simple present quats, present participle quatting, simple past and past participle quatted) (transitive, obsolete) To satiate. 1757, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, page 28, Mrs. Cad. Well, come, begin and ſtart me, that I may come the ſooner to quatting——Huſh ! here′s Siſter ; what the deuce brought her ! (Scotland, dialectal, transitive) To relinquish, forsake, give up. Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically. (Wales and Southwest England, dialectal, intransitive) To squat or crouch down. ==== Adjective ==== quat (not comparable) (Scotland, dialectal, with "of") Free; no longer involved with; quit. === Etymology 2 === Clipping of quaternary. ==== Noun ==== quat (plural quats) (chemistry) A quaternary ammonium cation or compound. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adjective ==== quat (not comparable) Quaternary. === Etymology 3 === See khat. ==== Noun ==== quat (countable and uncountable, plural quats) Alternative spelling of khat. == Middle English == === Adjective === quat alternative form of wothe == Old High German == === Alternative forms === kōt === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *kwād. === Noun === quāt m mud dirt ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: quāt, kāt, quōt, kōt German: Kot Cimbrian: khòat