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GQ

American  
  1. General Quarters.


GQ 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. general quarters

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gq 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Equatorial Guinea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hemsworth once told GQ that he borrowed the cream from his wife and that it smelled so good he “wanted to eat it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

He memorably appeared on the front of the French edition of GQ magazine in a canary-yellow dressing gown and has been on the front row of designer runways at Paris Fashion Week.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

In a GQ profile, it was written that Lindo, born in London, couldn’t convince himself that the African American experience was his to interpret.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

For Adrien Communier, head of fashion at GQ magazine in France, the restraint signals a return to basics.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

Among her armload of presents were a teddy bear; jelly beans wrapped in cellophane; copies of GQ, The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire: good God, I thought, since when does Francis read magazines?

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt