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quat

/kwɑt/verb, adjective, noun

quat is a verb meaning “To relinquish, forsake, give up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled Q-U-A-T, and it appears about once in every 20 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does quat mean?

verb

  1. 1

    obsoleteTo satiate.

  2. 2

    ScotlandTo relinquish, forsake, give up.

    Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. – Scottish proverb, said satirically.

  3. 3

    To squat or crouch down.

adjective

  1. 1

    ScotlandFree; no longer involved with; quit.

  2. 2

    Quaternary.

noun

  1. 1

    A quaternary ammonium cation or compound.

  2. 2

    obsoleteA pustule.

  3. 3

    obsoleteAn annoying, worthless person.

  4. 4

    Alternative spelling of khat.

noun

as QUAT
  1. 1

    Alternative form of quat (“quaternary ammonium”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce quat?

  • UK /kwɒt/
  • US /kwɑt/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-quat.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of quat

  • quats plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • quatting participle, present
  • quatted participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is quat?

Quat appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).