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q.t.

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Informal.

quiet.

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RELATED WORDS

secluded, covert, classified, undisclosed, private, undercover, mysterious, unknown, underground, furtive, hush-hush, obscure, unpublished, reticent, enigmatic, taciturn, unauthorized, clandestine, hidden, experimental

Nearby words

  1. q.l.,
  2. q.m.,
  3. q.n.,
  4. q.p.,
  5. q.s.,
  6. q.v.,
  7. qa,
  8. qaanaaq,
  9. qabalah,
  10. qabis

Idioms

    on the q.t., stealthily; secretly: to meet someone on the q.t.

Origin of q.t.

First recorded in 1905–10
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
British Dictionary definitions for on the qt

q.t.

abbreviation for informal

quiet
on the q.t. secretly
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
Word Origin and History for on the qt

q.t.

n.

slang for "quiet," in phrase on the q.t., attested from 1874. Phrase on the quiet appears from 1847.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with on the qt

Q.T.

see on the Q.T.

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