(grammar) Serving to mark quoted speech.

plural of quot.

Abbreviation of quotation.

Abbreviation of quoted.

Quality of being quotative.

plural of quoting

(grammar) As a quotative.

(usually in the plural) A two-handed gesture resembling quotation marks.

(idiomatic) Emphasizes the following, or sometimes preceding, word or phrase for irony or marks it as not the normal sense of the term. Used almost exclusively in spoken language. In written language, quotation marks would be used instead.

Used in spoken language to delimit a quotation in the same function as quotation marks.