Etymology
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From Middle English quyksande, from Old English cwecesand (“quicksand”), equivalent to quick (“living”) + sand. Cognate with Swedish kvicksand (“quicksand”), Icelandic kviksandur, kviksyndi (“quicksand”). More at quick, sand.
quicksand (countable and uncountable, plural quicksands)
- Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
- My feet were firmly lodged in the quicksand, and the more I struggled the more I sank into it.
- (figuratively) Anything that pulls one down or buries one.
- the quicksands of youth
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Translations
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type of sand
- Arabic: رِمَال مُتَحَرِّكَة f (rimāl mutaḥarrika)
- Bengali: চোরাবালি (bn) (cōrabali)
- Bulgarian: подвижен пчсък m (podvižen pčsǎk)
- Catalan: sorramoll m, sorra movedissa f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 流沙 (zh) (liúshā)
- Czech: tekutý písek m
- Danish: kviksand (da)
- Dutch: drijfzand (nl) n
- Esperanto: movsablo, flusablo
- Estonian: vesiliiv
- Finnish: juoksuhiekka (fi)
- French: sables mouvants (fr) m pl
- Galician: areas movedizas f
- Georgian: ფხვიერი მიწა (pxvieri mic̣a), მცურავი ქვიშა (mcuravi kviša)
- German: Treibsand (de) m
- Greek: κινούμενη άμμος (el) f (kinoúmeni ámmos)
- Hungarian: futóhomok (hu), föveny (hu), süppedő, mocsaras talaj
- Irish: gaineamh súraic m, gaineamh beo m, gaineamh reatha m
- Italian: sabbie mobili f pl
- Japanese: 流砂 (ja) (りゅうしゃ, ryūsha)
- Korean: 유사(流砂) (ko) (yusa)
- Macedonian: жив песок m (živ pesok)
- Maori: ōi
- Norman: mouoilliéthe f (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kvikksand m
- Nynorsk: kvikksand m, kviksand m
- Old English: cwecesand n, sandġeweorp n, sandrid n
- Ottoman Turkish: باتاق (batak)
- Persian: ماسه بادی (mâsse bâdi)
- Plautdietsch: Sauntloch n
- Polish: kurzawka (pl) f, ruchome piaski nvir
- Portuguese: areia movediça (pt) f
- Russian: зыбу́чие пески́ (ru) m pl (zybúčije peskí)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: živi pijesak m
- Spanish: arenas movedizas f pl
- Swedish: kvicksand (sv) c
- Tagalog: kuminoy
- Telugu: దొంగయిసుక (doṅgayisuka)
- Thai: ทรายดูด (saai-dùut)
- Welsh: traeth gwyllt m, traeth byw m
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