quicksand
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈkwɪkˌsænd/
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arena movediza
- There's quicksand here and you'll be dragged down before you know it.
- a pool of quicksand
- sank into quicksand
- swallowed by quicksand
Well, I don't know that we could do this next one, but I've always wanted to know what it was like to actually sink in quicksand.
- Well, I don't know that we could do this next one, but I've always wanted to know what it was like to actually sink in quicksand.
- I felt like I was sitting in mud and just or quicksand and it just was heavy.
Examples
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Children weren't allowed in the swamp on account of the snakes, spiders... and quicksand that would swallow you up before you could even scream.
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Lirrel collided with her from behind, managing to grab Jobber by the shoulders before she pitched into the quicksand.
Fiction book (1991) -
The big guy is stuck in the quicksand.
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But one of the baby cows fell into the side of the quicksand and almost got stuck in it.
Fiction book (1998) -
I was trapped to my waist in cold water in quicksand on the beach while with the kids and dog.
Blog text (27) -
Don't fall in the quicksand!
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I found the Seer's body in the quicksand.
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The blackened limb of a broken branch hung over a slowly churning spot in the pool of quicksand.
Fiction book (1991) -
Jobber clung to the scarf, fighting back the rush of panic as the quicksand reached her breastbone.
Fiction book (1991) -
The boy got stuck in the quicksand and couldn't escape without help.
Synonyms
4
7.4
Deep soft wet ground like a bog that is hard to walk through
2
8.5
Soft wet ground that gives way under your feet
1
8.6
A soft wet area of low land that sinks underfoot
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To get stuck in a problem that keeps getting worse and is hard to leave
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Quicksand comes from the old meaning of quick, which meant 'living' or 'moving', so quicksand was like 'living sand' that could shift and swallow things. That's why the word now means wet sand that can pull heavy objects down.