quicksand
/ˈkwɪkˌsænd/
quicksand noun: wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
Noun
quicksand (countable and uncountable, plural quicksands)
- Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
- My feet were firmly lodged in the quicksand, and the more I struggled the more I sank into it.
- Anything that metaphorically pulls one down or buries one; a treacherous, risky danger
- the quicksands of youth
quicksand meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
quicksand in Urdu
- دلدل, ریگ رواں
quicksand in Bengali
- type of sand
- চোরাবালি cōrabali
quicksand in Telugu
- type of sand
- దొంగయిసుక doṅgayisuka
quicksand in Malayalam
- മണൽക്കുഴി, ചുഴിമണൽ, ചതി, അപകടംനിറഞ്ഞ അവസ്ഥ
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- quicksand in Kannada
- ಉಸುಬು, ಕಳ್ಳುಸುಬು, ಕಳ್ಳುಸುಕು, ಕಳ್ಳಕೆಸರು
- quicksand in Tagalog
- kuminoy
- quicksand in Arabic
- رِمَال مُتَحَرِّكَة rimāl mutaḥarrika
- quicksand in Malay
- pasir jerlus
- quicksand in Indonesian
- pasir isap
- quicksand in Persian
- ماسه بادی mâsse bâdi
- quicksand in Thai
- ทรายดูด saai-dùut
- quicksand in Vietnamese
- cát lún
Synonyms of quicksand
Forms of quicksand
| plural | quicksands |
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Origin of quicksand
From Middle English quyksande, from Old English cwecesand (“quicksand”), equivalent to quick (“living”) + sand. Cognate with Swedish kvicksand (“quicksand”), Icelandic kviksandur, kviksyndi (“quicksand”). More at quick, sand.
Words formed from quicksand
Questions about quicksand
- What does quicksand mean?
- Quicksand means wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
- What is quicksand in Urdu?
- Quicksand in Urdu is دلدل, ریگ رواں. See Quicksand meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is quicksand?
- Quicksand is a noun.
- How do you pronounce quicksand?
- Quicksand is pronounced /ˈkwɪkˌsænd/ (US).
- What is the plural of quicksand?
- The plural of quicksand is quicksands.
Words near quicksand in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: quicksand (page history and authors); quicksand (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quicksand (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quicksand (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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