quads

[ kwodz ]

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plural nounInformal.

Origin of quads

First recorded in 1955–60; by shortening

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Step-ups not only strengthen your quads and glutes, but also improve range of motion.
5 Exercises to Get Ski and Snowboard Ready | DailyBurn | January 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Step-Ups Skiing and snowboarding are both “leg sports,” so strengthening the quads is hugely important, Morin says.
5 Exercises to Get Ski and Snowboard Ready | DailyBurn | January 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Governator recently became a symbol of excess again for reasons unrelated to the size of his quads.
Invasion of the Bodybuilders | Chris Lee | June 6, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Middlebury is gorgeous, with big, open quads and limestone buildings that echo Yale's.
The Great College Road Trip | Nick Summers | April 8, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
It's only the same old familiar quads on a larger scale over again.
Blood Royal | Grant Allen

Here are the same courts, or closes, called courts at Cambridge, and quads at Oxford.
The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland: | Thomas W. Silloway
A good plan is to put a slip of paper at one end of the line of quads or letters (See A, Fig. 5), and to push up the knee firmly.
Typesetting | A. A. Stewart
High Spaces and quads—Used in type composition when the page is to be molded for electrotyping.
Type | A. A. Stewart
Hollow quads—Large blanks are sometimes cast with hollow parts to make them lighter and to economize metal.
Type | A. A. Stewart

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