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quatted

quatted is the simple past and past participle of quat.

Meaning of quat

Verb

quat (third-person singular simple present quats, present participle quatting, simple past and past participle quatted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To satiate.
    • Mrs. Cad. Well, come, begin and ſtart me, that I may come the ſooner to quatting——Huſh ! here′s Siſter ; what the deuce brought her !1757, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, page 28
  2. (Scotland, dialectal, transitive) To relinquish, forsake, give up.
    • Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically.
  3. (dialectal, intransitive, Wales and Southwest England) To squat or crouch down.
    • Tho' B-lt-n, quatted in the hall, Her jolly r-mpfs display'd, The size of it amaz'd them all, and Hector quite dismay'd.1700, Ta Paidia Tēs Kythereias; Or, King's Place In An Uproar, page 10

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Questions about quatted

What is quatted the simple past and past participle of?
Quatted is the simple past and past participle of quat.

Words near quatted in the dictionary

  1. quats
  2. quatsch
  3. Quatsino
  4. Quatt
  5. Quatt Malvern
  6. quatted
  7. quattie
  8. quatties
  9. quatting
  10. Quattlebaum
  11. Quattlebaums

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