plural of quidam

present participle of bump elbows

(dated) To silence. / (transitive) To make stupid. / (transitive) To represent as stupid. / (transitive) To reduce the intellectual demands of.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, wall. A wall made of bricks. / (figuratively) An obstacle. / (sound engineering) A type of anti-aliasing filter with a steep cutoff.