quad meet

noun

plural quad meets
chiefly US
: a sports competition involving four teams compare dual meet, tri-meet

Examples of quad meet in a Sentence

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The Bruins will travel to face Maryland, Michigan and Washington for dual meets and will compete against Nebraska, Ohio State and Rutgers in a quad meet in Columbus, Ohio. Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024 The 11 Big Ten women’s gymnastics teams could compete in tri or quad meets where three or four teams convene at a site in the Midwest to lower the travel burden while ensuring that each team faces one another during the regular season. Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023 The Mustangs galloped their way to a third consecutive top team scoring finish dating back to the ASD All School meet in their second straight quad meet last Thursday. Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Apr. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of quad meet was in 1915

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“Quad meet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quad%20meet. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.

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