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quat

(kwɒt)

1. English a spot, pimple, or sty

2. censorious archaic a young person

3. obsolete the action of squatting

4. (Chemistry) chem an ammonium cation or salt

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5. low to the ground or squatting

6. satisfied or filled

7. (tr) Welsh and Southwest English to beat down or squash

8. (tr) Welsh and Southwest English to satisfy or fill

9. (tr) obsolete Scot to repay

10. (tr) Scot to relinquish or forsake

11. (intr) Welsh and Southwest English to crouch down or squat

12. (intr) Welsh and Southwest English to subside

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quat - the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"

African tea, Arabian tea, kat, khat, qat, cat

excitant, stimulant drug, stimulant - a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process

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