Alternative spelling of max Q.

Alternative spelling of max Q.

plural of Q score

A style of dance originating in the USA in the 1930s.

(biochemistry) A coenzyme used in bacteria and animals containing 5,6-dimethoxy-3-methylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione with an isoprene side chain.

In the neo-Gricean semantics and pragmatics of Laurence R. Horn: a reformulation of Paul Grice's maxim of quantity combined with the first two submaxims of manner, stating: "Say as much as you can (given R)", and leading to the implicature that if the speaker did not make a stronger statement (or say more), then its denial is (implied to be) true.

Alternative form of q.v.

(idiomatic) A generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen.

(informal) Alternative spelling of barbecue

(US, slang) A generic police officer.