(letterpress typography) A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type. / (printing slang) A joke used to fill long days of setting type.

(letterpress typography, transitive, intransitive) To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.

simple past tense and past participle of quad

present participle of quad

A surname.

plural of Quade

(informal) An informal strategic forum between the United States, Japan, Australia, and India, focused on Asian security matters.

(UK politics, historical) A coalition committee that resolved party disputes during the Cameron–Clegg coalition.

plural of en quad

plural of em quad