quote unquote
Emphasizes the following (or sometimes preceding) word or phrase for irony, or marks it as not the normal sense of the term.
Maybe you should ask your quote unquote friend what happened to the money.
quote
UK [kʰwəwt] US [kʰwoʊt]
verb 5noun 4intj 1
Definitions
noun
1
A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.
She loved reading quotes of famous people.
2
A quotation mark.
3
A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation.
After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff.
4
A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity; a quotation.
verb
1
To repeat (the exact words of a person).
The writer quoted the president's speech.
2
To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.
Can you believe they quoted me $5,000?
3
To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
4
To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
5
To observe, to take account of.
But must our moderne Critticks envious eye Seeme thus to quote some grosse deformity?
That hath made him mad. I am sorry that with better heed and judgment I had not quoted him. I fear'd he did but trifle …
intj
1
Used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation.
She told me she was, quote, "too hot for you."
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