Quicksand

Word QUICKSAND
Character 9
Hyphenation quick sand
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Quicksand"

What do we mean by quicksand?

Sand that is mixed with water in a collected mass and yields easily to pressure so that objects on its surface tend to sink and become engulfed. noun

A place or situation into which entry can be swift and sudden but from which extrication can be difficult or impossible. noun

A movable sand-bank in a sea, lake, or river; a large mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water formed on many sea-coasts, at the mouths and in the channels of rivers, etc., sometimes dangerous to vessels, and especially to travelers. noun

To catch in a quicksand.

To cover with quicksands: as, a quicksanded coast.

Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it. noun

Wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts noun

Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically noun

A treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy noun

A pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down noun

Wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts

Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically

Just sand, but you can get trapped and suffocate in it. Urban Dictionary

1)Quicksand- Sand surface that when stepped on, gives way which causes you to sink at a certain rate due to certain factors: -Height/Weight -Surface Area -Movement 2)Quicksand(Situation)-Situation where no matter what you do, things only get worse. Even if you are trying your hardest to make things better. Urban Dictionary

Allowing your friend to sink lower and lower into hideousness in order to maintain your attractiveness. Slow and sad sabotage. Urban Dictionary

An instance after a sexual encounter, where rejection by one party only increases the attraction of the other party. Thereby, further enveloping the rejecting party into a cataclysmic pool of never-ending harassment. i.e When a male encounters a clinger in which she believes she is entitled to post-dating/pre-girlfriend rights. Urban Dictionary

An act in which the man presses his dick into an unstimulated vagina (read: not wet) so that the dick slowly, inch by inch, descends into the increasingly lubricated abyss Urban Dictionary

When you lay on your back and your nipples disappear because your breasts are so empty and deflated Sunk into the pool of floppy skin that was once a rounded boob Urban Dictionary

A person who sucks you into a long and boring pointless conversation you want no part of, and you have no way to get out of. Urban Dictionary

A fetish involving watching someone sink into quicksand or sinking in quicksand yourself. Types of quicksand would be a creamy clay, or a dirtier swamp mud. The fetish makes a little sense in the fact that the sand will hug your body. The cause could also be attributed to wanting to save someone or the struggle of escaping. Urban Dictionary

These are to be avoided at all costs. They usually take the appearance of an appealing website, such as "Hack any Facebook account!" or "Watch Netflix for free!" Click on it, and you won't be hacking or watching anything for a while. First, it'll ask you to fill out some little captcha and give an email address. Easy to fake your way through it. Then comes stage 2: "Just fill out this quick survey..." Don't. If you start this survey, the quicksand pulls you down into survey after ad after survey, until you and your computer are drowning in pop up windows and fake personal information you try to use, as the Internet Quicksand links you to more quicksand, makes more windows you can't close, and slowly steals your real personal information. And for all we know, it probably hacks your Facebook and watches your Netflix. Stepping into an Internet Quicksand will destroy at least an hour of your life you will wish to forget. And worst of all, it now has your computer information and email. Say hello to a sudden influx of advertising and new email spam that none of your friends will understand or believe. Urban Dictionary

An individual with the ability to trap you in conversation against your will. the longer you stay the more they digress as you sink slowly into their rambling world. struggling only brings up more conversation topics and thus exacerbates the problem. the whole time you are filled with dread because you know at the end you may be asked to commit to a future event. like coffee, or a month holiday. Urban Dictionary

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The word "quicksand" in example sentences

Because quicksand is so viscous, it's difficult for air to penetrate it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In fact, one of the true dangers of quicksand is exhaustion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Do this, and you're liable to end up thinking that quicksand is something that only happens in the jungle or the desert, and that the average patch has no discernible bottom. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Getting unstuck from quicksand is really a Vulcan-esque endeavor, requiring rationality, intelligence and emotional distance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some of these people make me think of someone who, while they are going down in quicksand, refuse the rope you throw them because it hurts their hands. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Meaning that, under normal circumstances, a person in quicksand should really just bob around like buoy on the ocean. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In recent years, one local farmer and one from a neighboring community suffocated in quicksand-like grain bins. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was the Nuggets who looked like they were stuck in quicksand by game's end. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Plea to U.S. Government: when neck-deep in quicksand, stop digging! ❋ Unknown (2007)

You're going to need to be patient; depending on how much quicksand is around you, it could take several minutes or even hours to slowly, methodically get yourself out. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If you're stuck in quicksand, frantic movements will only hurt your cause. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"Oh no! Help! [I'm trapped] in quicksand! I'm about to drown!" "Actually, quicksand is just sand, but it's [just a bit] runnier." "Oh hey, I didn't know that. That's pretty cool. [Gurgle]" ❋ Skelwor (2009)

Example 1: Bill: Hey watch your step. Bob:What...*steps in [quicksand]* Ahh! What is this?! Bill: You just fell into some quicksand! Bob: Bummer...*[sinks]* Example 2: Bill: Ah poop... Bob: Hey what's the matter? Bill: It's my wife, no matter what I do our marriage seems to break away. Bob: Well [there's only one] solution.*Pulls out gun* Bill: O_o*sigh* ❋ Tasty Poptarts (2009)

[Carla's] [blind vision] to self [beautification] could only be cradled by Gina's quiet but stealth quicksanding. ❋ Hbomb082 (2013)

Joe: Hey Dave, did you get rid of [Patty]? Dave: Nah man, the harder I try the more I [get stuck in] [quicksand]. ❋ Tripod2011 (2011)

Last night, I met this chick at a bar. She was not worth the foreplay (or the two dollar shots). [Consequently], I quicksand-ed her, yelling [obscenities] while her [sick ass] got gradually turned on. ❋ Quicksandingsoba (2010)

[Feel free] to [retrieve] my nipples from my [quicksand tits] with your tongue ❋ Working Class Hero (2020)

Sorry I was late, [hon], the woman behind me in line at [the market] sucked me into a social [quicksand]. ❋ Photojenna (2008)

Ava: Oh no! We’re [sinking] in [quicksand]! John: *extremely turned on with [quicksand fetish]* ❋ Scott1000 (2023)

Person 1: Whoa look I can [hack] anyone's Facebook... 2 hours later: Person 1: [Aw, shucks]. It was an Internet [quicksand]. But look! 50 places just emailed me about free Netflix! 5 hours later: Person 1: These bastards think they're gonna mess with me? I'll show them. I'll hack their Facebook! ❋ ISHOWEDYOU (2014)

any situation in which one is trapped in conversation against their will. the conversation is [one sided] usually punctuated by the infrequent 'yep' in the hope agreeing will end the conversation [sooner]. the [trapper] is the quicksand conversationalist. ❋ Inkresistantpaper (2013)

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