quick temper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   question
         n 1: an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my
               training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were
               present" [syn: {question}, {inquiry}, {enquiry}, {query},
               {interrogation}] [ant: {answer}]
         2: the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits
            serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"
            [syn: {question}, {head}]
         3: a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a
            direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his
            interrogations" [syn: {question}, {interrogation},
            {interrogative}, {interrogative sentence}]
         4: uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of
            something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no
            question about the validity of the enterprise" [syn: {doubt},
            {dubiousness}, {doubtfulness}, {question}]
         5: a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly
            for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she
            called for the question" [syn: {motion}, {question}]
         6: an informal reference to a marriage proposal; "he was ready
            to pop the question"
         v 1: challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must
               question your judgment in this matter" [syn: {question},
               {oppugn}, {call into question}]
         2: pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by
            the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of
            the explosion" [syn: {interrogate}, {question}]
         3: pose a question [syn: {question}, {query}]
         4: conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio
            reporting [syn: {interview}, {question}]
         5: place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder
            whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered
            whether it would snow tonight" [syn: {wonder}, {question}]

English Dictionary: quick temper	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
question mark n a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question Synonym(s): question mark, interrogation point
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
question master n the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game Synonym(s): question master, quizmaster
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
question of fact n a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide Synonym(s): question of fact, matter of fact
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
question of law n a disputed legal contention that is generally left for a judge to decide Synonym(s): question of law, matter of law
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
question sheet n a written examination [syn: test paper, {examination paper}, exam paper, question sheet]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
question time n a period during a parliamentary session when members of British Parliament may ask questions of the ministers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
questionable adj subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin" Antonym(s): unquestionable able to be refuted Synonym(s): questionable, refutable, confutable, confutative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
questionably adv in a questionable and dubious manner; "these were estates his father questionably acquired" Synonym(s): questionably, dubiously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
questioner n someone who asks a question [syn: inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
questioning adj perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know); "he had a quizzical expression" Synonym(s): questioning, quizzical marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener" Synonym(s): doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" Synonym(s): inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a) n a request for information Synonym(s): questioning, inquiring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
questioningly adv in a curious and questioning manner; "they turned their heads questioningly, as if awaiting further instructions" Synonym(s): questioningly, wonderingly in a quizzical and questioning manner; "they looked quizzically at the doctor" Synonym(s): questioningly, quizzically
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
questionnaire n a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quick temper n a feeling of resentful anger [syn: irascibility, {short temper}, spleen, quick temper]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quick time n a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quick-tempered adj quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quassation \Quas*sa"tion\, n. [L. quassatio, from quassare to shake. See {Quash} to crush.] The act of shaking, or the state of being shaken. --Gayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questant \Quest"ant\, n. [OF. questant, F. qu[88]tant, p. pr.] One who undertakes a quest; a seeker. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Question \Ques"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See {Quest}, n.] 1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer. 2. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question. There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. -- John iii. 25. It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith. -- Bacon. 3. Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture. --Blackstone. He that was in question for the robbery. Shak. The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question. --Macaulay. 4. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query. But this question asked Puts me in doubt. Lives there who loves his pain ? --Milton. 5. Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question. 6. Talk; conversation; speech; speech. [Obs.] --Shak. {In question}, in debate; in the course of examination or discussion; as, the matter or point in question. {Leading question}. See under {Leading}. {Out of question}, unquestionably. [bd]Out of question, 't is Maria's hand.[b8] --Shak. {Out of the question}. See under {Out}. {Past question}, beyond question; certainly; undoubtedly; unquestionably. {Previous question}, a question put to a parliamentary assembly upon the motion of a member, in order to ascertain whether it is the will of the body to vote at once, without further debate, on the subject under consideration. Note: The form of the question is: [bd]Shall the main question be now put?[b8] If the vote is in the affirmative, the matter before the body must be voted upon as it then stands, without further general debate or the submission of new amendments. In the House of Representatives of the United States, and generally in America, a negative decision operates to keep the business before the body as if the motion had not been made; but in the English Parliament, it operates to postpone consideration for the day, and until the subject may be again introduced. In American practice, the object of the motion is to hasten action, and it is made by a friend of the measure. In English practice, the object is to get rid of the subject for the time being, and the motion is made with a purpose of voting against it. --Cushing. {To beg the question}. See under {Beg}. {To the question}, to the point in dispute; to the real matter under debate. Syn: Point; topic; subject.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Question \Ques"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Questioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Questioning}.] [Cf. F. questionner. See {Question}, n.] 1. To ask questions; to inquire. He that questioneth much shall learn much. --Bacon. 2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.] I pray you, think you question with the Jew. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Question \Ques"tion\, v. t. 1. To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness. 2. To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query. And most we question what we most desire. --Prior. 3. To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to. [bd]But have power and right to question thy bold entrance on this place.[b8] --Milton. 4. To talk to; to converse with. With many holiday and lady terms he questioned me. -- Shak. Syn: To ask; interrogate; catechise; doubt; controvert; dispute. Usage: Question, Inquire, Interrogate. To inquire is merely to ask for information, and implies no authority in the one who asks. To interrogate is to put repeated questions in a formal or systematic fashion to elicit some particular fact or facts. To question has a wider sense than to interrogate, and often implies an attitude of distrust or opposition on the part of the questioner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Privilege \Priv"i*lege\, n. [F. privil[8a]ge, L. privilegium an ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual; privus private + lex, legis, law. See {Private}, and {Legal}.] 1. A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise. He pleads the legal privilege of a Roman. --Kettlewell. The privilege birthright was a double portion. --Locke. A people inheriting privileges, franchises, and liberties. --Burke. 2. (Stockbroker's Cant) See {Call}, {Put}, {Spread}, etc. {Breach of privilege}. See under {Breach}. {Question of privilege} (Parliamentary practice), a question which concerns the security of a member of a legislative body in his special privileges as such. {Water privilege}, the advantage of having machinery driven by a stream, or a place affording such advantage. [ U. S.] {Writ of privilege} (Law), a writ to deliver a privileged person from custody when arrested in a civil suit. --Blackstone. Syn: Prerogative; immunity; franchise; right; claim; liberty. Usage: {Privilege}, {Prerogative}. Privilege, among the Romans, was something conferred upon an individual by a private law; and hence, it denotes some peculiar benefit or advantage, some right or immunity, not enjoyed by the world at large. Prerogative, among the Romans, was the right of voting first; and, hence, it denotes a right of precedence, or of doing certain acts, or enjoying certain privileges, to the exclusion of others. It is the privilege of a member of Congress not to be called in question elsewhere for words uttered in debate. It is the prerogative of the president to nominate judges and executive officers. It is the privilege of a Christian child to be instructed in the true religion. It is the prerogative of a parent to govern and direct his children.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questionability \Ques`tionabil"i*ty\, n. The state or condition of being questionable. --Stallo.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questionable \Ques"tionable\, a. 1. Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry. [R.] Thou com'st in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee. -- Shak. 2. Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called in question; problematical; doubtful; suspicious. It is questionable whether Galen ever saw the dissection of a human body.T. -- Baker. Syn: Disputable; debatable; uncertain; doubtful; problematical; suspicious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questionableness \Ques"tionable*ness\, n. The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questionably \Ques"tionably\, adv. In a questionable manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questionary \Ques"tionary\, n. A set of questions for submission to a group of persons for the purpose of bringing out their resemblances and differences in the matter considered. The questionary method is a recognized form of psychological investigation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questionary \Ques"tionary\, a. Inquiring; asking questions; testing. [bd]Questionary epistles.[b8] --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questionary \Ques"tionary\, n. One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Question \Ques"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Questioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Questioning}.] [Cf. F. questionner. See {Question}, n.] 1. To ask questions; to inquire. He that questioneth much shall learn much. --Bacon. 2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.] I pray you, think you question with the Jew. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questioner \Ques"tion*er\, n. One who asks questions; an inquirer. [bd]Little time for idle questioners.[b8] --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Question \Ques"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Questioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Questioning}.] [Cf. F. questionner. See {Question}, n.] 1. To ask questions; to inquire. He that questioneth much shall learn much. --Bacon. 2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.] I pray you, think you question with the Jew. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questionist \Ques"tion*ist\, n. 1. A questioner; an inquirer. [Obs.] 2. (Eng. Univ.) A candidate for honors or degrees who is near the time of his examination.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questionless \Ques"tion*less\, a. Unquestioning; incurious. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questionless \Ques"tion*less\, adv. Beyond a question or doubt; doubtless; certainly.[R.] --South. What it was in the apostles' time, that, questionless, it must be still. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questman \Quest"man\, n.; pl. {Questmen}. One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures. Specifically: (a) A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman. --Blount. [Obs.] (b) A collector of parish rents. --Blount. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questman \Quest"man\, n.; pl. {Questmen}. One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures. Specifically: (a) A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman. --Blount. [Obs.] (b) A collector of parish rents. --Blount. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Questmonger \Quest"mon`ger\, n. One who lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Time \Time\, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[c6]ma, akin to t[c6]d time, and to Icel. t[c6]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [fb]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof. The time wasteth [i. e. passes away] night and day. --Chaucer. I know of no ideas . . . that have a better claim to be accounted simple and original than those of space and time. --Reid. 2. A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be. God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets. --Heb. i. 1. 3. The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times. 4. The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal. Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to God, to religion, to mankind. --Buckminster. 5. A proper time; a season; an opportunity. There is . . . a time to every purpose. --Eccl. iii. 1. The time of figs was not yet. --Mark xi. 13. 6. Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition. She was within one month of her time. --Clarendon. 7. Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen. Summers three times eight save one. --Milton. 8. The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration. Till time and sin together cease. --Keble. 9. (Gram.) Tense. 10. (Mus.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time. Some few lines set unto a solemn time. --Beau. & Fl. Note: Time is often used in the formation of compounds, mostly self-explaining; as, time-battered, time-beguiling, time-consecrated, time-consuming, time-enduring, time-killing, time-sanctioned, time-scorner, time-wasting, time-worn, etc. {Absolute time}, time irrespective of local standards or epochs; as, all spectators see a lunar eclipse at the same instant of absolute time. {Apparent time}, the time of day reckoned by the sun, or so that 12 o'clock at the place is the instant of the transit of the sun's center over the meridian. {Astronomical time}, mean solar time reckoned by counting the hours continuously up to twenty-four from one noon to the next. {At times}, at distinct intervals of duration; now and then; as, at times he reads, at other times he rides. {Civil time}, time as reckoned for the purposes of common life in distinct periods, as years, months, days, hours, etc., the latter, among most modern nations, being divided into two series of twelve each, and reckoned, the first series from midnight to noon, the second, from noon to midnight. {Common time} (Mil.), the ordinary time of marching, in which ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are taken in one minute. {Equation of time}. See under {Equation}, n. {In time}. (a) In good season; sufficiently early; as, he arrived in time to see the exhibition. (b) After a considerable space of duration; eventually; finally; as, you will in time recover your health and strength. {Mean time}. See under 4th {Mean}. {Quick time} (Mil.), time of marching, in which one hundred and twenty steps, each thirty inches in length, are taken in one minute. {Sidereal time}. See under {Sidereal}. {Standard time}, the civil time that has been established by law or by general usage over a region or country. In England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time. In the United States and Canada four kinds of standard time have been adopted by the railroads and accepted by the people, viz., Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific time, corresponding severally to the mean local times of the 75th, 90th, 105th, and 120th meridians west from Greenwich, and being therefore five, six, seven, and eight hours slower than Greenwich time. {Time ball}, a ball arranged to drop from the summit of a pole, to indicate true midday time, as at Greenwich Observatory, England. --Nichol. {Time bargain} (Com.), a contract made for the sale or purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds, at a certain time in the future.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Quasqueton, IA (city, FIPS 65235) Location: 42.39545 N, 91.75643 W Population (1990): 579 (249 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52326
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
question mark "?", {ASCII} character 63. Common names: query; {ITU-T}: question mark; {ques}. Rare: whatmark; {INTERCAL}: what; wildchar; huh; hook; buttonhook; hunchback. Question mark is used, along with {colon} for {C}'s {lazy} triadic "if" {operator} (similar to the {IIF} function in {Visual Basic}). The expression x?y:z evaluates x, then if x is true it returns y else it returns z. In {Unix} {shell} file name patterns, question mark matches any single character. (2003-06-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Quicktime {Apple Computer}'s standard for integrating {full-motion video} and digitised sound into {application program}s. [Details? Archives?] (1995-04-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
quiesce time The length of time taken to {quiesce} a system (to render it inactive), or the length of time between periods of inactivity. (2000-03-05)