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[Verb] | "quote" | \ ˈkwōt \
1: to speak or write (a passage) from another usually with credit acknowledgment
2: to repeat a passage from especially in substantiation or illustration
3: borrow
Origin: 1582 ;
Medieval Latin quotare to mark the number of, number references, from Latin quotus of what number or quantity, from quot how many, (as) many as; akin to Latin qui who ;
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[Noun] | "quote"
1: quotation
2: quotation mark —often used orally to indicate the beginning of a direct quotation
Origin: 1888 ;
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[Plural noun] | "air quotes"
1: a gesture made by raising and flexing the index and middle fingers of both hands that is used to call attention to a spoken word or expression
Origin: 1989 ;
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[Plural noun] | "scare quotes"
1: quotation marks used to express especially skepticism or derision concerning the use of the enclosed word or phrase
Origin: 1956 ;
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[Idiom] | "in quotes"
1: preceded and followed by quotation marks
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[Verb] | "quotes"
1: to give as an example;
* e.g., " ... I could quote to you a hundred instances in the past when you've lied to me "
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2: to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically;
* e.g., " ... quoted Thomas Jefferson's views on liberty in her paper on the American Revolution "
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[Verb] | "quote"
1: to give as an example;
* e.g., " ... I could quote to you a hundred instances in the past when you've lied to me "
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[Noun] | "quotes"
1: a passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example;
* e.g., " ... he got a book of quotes from his favorite author for his birthday "
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# 1 - { quotes:1044173 }
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[ "quotes" ]
1: Things that other people have said. The original author is usually not given credit for saying it first. Quotes are nice to say in front of friends and acquaintances to impress them and make them think you are funny and intelligent.
* e.g., ... The ability to recite quotes is a good substitute for wit.
# 2 - { Quote-on-quote:17599330 }
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[ "Quote-on-quote" ]
1: I mishearing of quote, unquote when a person is usually quoting someone else’s phrase or saying something unsurely or in a sarcastic manner
* e.g., ... Person 1: I heard that so-and-so had a quote-on-quote “illness” yesterday
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[ "quote on quote" ]
1: When people who are either inept with the English language or stupid hear the phrase "quote unquote" and construe it as quote on quote.
* e.g., ... and I repeat quote on quote, "let there be light."
# 4 - { quote:1433548 }
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[ "quote" ]
1: A quote is a word, phrase or sentence that you add to a conversation/essay but is not of your creation, but someone else's.
* e.g., ... I would like to quote my brother on this, "flo sucks like donkey kong"...
# 5 - { Quot:3983221 }
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[ "Quot" ]
1: When you bust a nut in somebodies nostril.
* e.g., ... Tom shot a quot in Aubrie's nose.
# 6 - { quoted:1976615 }
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[ "quoted" ]
1: To gain status in a gang. Sometimes used as a means to challenge another member with higher status(OG).
* e.g., ... "You've been hangin' 'round the hood for a while lil hommie, its bought time you got quoted."
# 7 - { Quote:6494474 }
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[ "Quote" ]
1: If life was like a Bollywood movie, we would be 2 dance sequences and an item number away from marriage.
* e.g., ... Any Bollywood Movie. True quote.
# 8 - { Quote:4879518 }
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[ "Quote" ]
1: A wise saying by someone who is self-proclaimed genius as to guide non-experienced people through situations in life which they may find difficult or to remark upon obscured facts
* e.g., ... Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a Mistake - Quote by Napoleon
There's a thin line between an artist and a serial Killer - Quote by Steven wilson
# 9 - { Quotely:2918624 }
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[ "Quotely" ]
1: –adverb
* e.g., ... "And you said quotely, you said..."
[ "Quotely" ]
2: in exactly the same words; word for word: to repeat something quotely.
[ "Quotely" ]
3: –adjective
[ "Quotely" ]
4: corresponding word for word to the original source or text: a quotely record of the proceedings.
[ "Quotely" ]
5: skilled at recording or noting down speeches, proceedings, etc., with word-for-word accuracy: a quotely stenographer.
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[ "Quote" ]
1: Something you say in place of a word when you don't want to say the real word or want to mask your conversation to others that may be around.
* e.g., ... yo man, did you see the quotes that kid had?
hey, can you still get me that quote later?
Girl, i'm not even sure you can handle the quote I can dish out
bro, you trying to hit up that quote when you get out of class?
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