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qt

/kjuːt/

qt noun: quality time. Also the abbreviation of quart.

Noun (1)

qt (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Quality time.

Noun (2) capitalized: QT

QT (countable and uncountable, plural QTs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of quarter time.
  2. A QT interval.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of queer theory.
    • In contrast to structuralist frameworks which seek to filter the "essential" characteristics of a phenomenon from the messiness of lived experience, QT sees all identity as perpetually in contest and, consequently, variable […].2016, Jason P. Murphy, Catherine A. Lugg, “Scavenging as Queer Methodology”, in Nelson M. Rodriguez, Wayne J. Martino, Jennifer C. Ingrey, Edward Brockenbrough, editors, Critical Concepts in Queer...
  4. (abbreviation, informal, initialism) Initialism of quality time.
    • Okay, it doesn’t have to be that mushy-gushy, but Cancers appreciate it when you put some thought into their b-day gift. […] It could be picking out his favorite bottle of wine, buying him that book he mentioned wanting to read, or planning a romantic weekend getaway for the two of you. There’s...2023 March 7, Jake Register, Marielle Marlys, Erika W. Smith, “Everything You Need to Know About Dating a Cancer Man”, in Cosmopolitan
  5. (alternative, slang) Alternative form of qt (“quiet”).
  6. (slang) Alternative letter-case form of qt (“cutie”).

Proper noun (1) capitalized: QT

QT

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of QuickTime.

Adjective capitalized: QT

QT (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of queer and trans.
    • Furthermore, home insemination should be allowed […] The advantage is that home insemination is less costly and thus accessible for more QT people.2018, Doris Leibetseder, “Reproductive Technologies for Queer and Trans People”, in Ezio Di Nucci, Ji-Young Lee, Isaac A. Wagner, editors, The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Bioethics, Rowman &...

Verb capitalized: QT

QT (third-person singular simple present QTs, present participle QTing, simple past and past participle QTed)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive, rare, transitive) To quantum tunnel (to move or travel from one point or direction to another in a very quick, rapid, or effortless manner.)

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Qt

Qt

  1. a free and open-source cross-platform software for creating graphical user interfaces as well as cross-platform applications.

Also used as

qt is also the abbreviation of quart.

qt is also the abbreviation of quiet.

qt is also the alternative spelling of cutie.

qt meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

qt in Hindi

क्यूटी

qt in Marathi

क्यूटी

qt in Urdu

کیو ٹی, ق ٹی

qt in Bengali

কিউটি
More languagesFewer languages
qt in Telugu
క్యూటి, క్యూ. టి
qt in Malayalam
ക്യു. ടി, ക്യുടി, ക്യൂ. ടി
qt in Kannada
ಕ್ಯೂ. ಟಿ, ಕ್ಯೂಟಿ
qt in Punjabi
ਕਿਊ. ਟੀ, ਕਿਊਟੀ
qt in Gujarati
ક્યૂ. ટી, ક્યુટી, ક્યૂટી
qt in Odia
କ୍ଯ଼ୁ. ଟି
qt in Nepali
क्यूटी

Forms of qt

Noun
alternative formQ.T.
alternative formq.t.
pluralqts
pluralQTs
Verb
third-person singular presentQTs
present participleQTing
past participleQTed
pastQTed

Origin of qt

By abbreviation.

A homophone derived from the pronunciation of the letters "QT".

Words formed from qt

Phrases with qt

Words that rhyme with qt

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Questions about qt

What does qt mean?
Qt means quality time.
What is qt in Hindi?
Qt in Hindi is क्यूटी. See Qt meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is qt?
Qt can be a noun, a proper noun, an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce qt?
Qt is pronounced /kjuːt/.
What is the plural of qt?
The plural of qt is qts.

Words near qt in the dictionary

  1. QSRs
  2. QSS
  3. QSSes
  4. QST
  5. QSU
  6. qt
  7. qt 3.14
  8. QT interval
  9. QT intervals
  10. QTA
  11. Qtard

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: qt (page history and authors); QT (page history and authors); Qt (page history and authors); qt (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qt (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qt (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qt (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qt (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qt (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qt (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qt (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qt (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qt (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qt (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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