Usually means: Sand that traps, sinks objects.
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  1. quicksand: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. quicksand: Merriam-Webster
  3. quicksand: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. quicksand: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. quicksand: Collins English Dictionary
  6. quicksand: Vocabulary.com
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  8. quicksand: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. quicksand: Wiktionary
  10. quicksand: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. quicksand: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. quicksand: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. quicksand: Dictionary.com
  14. quicksand: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. quicksand: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  17. Quicksand: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. quicksand: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  20. Quicksand: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. quicksand: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. quicksand: FreeDictionary.org
  23. quicksand: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. quicksand: Urban Dictionary

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  1. quicksand: Canadian Soil Information System
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
noun:  (figuratively) Anything that metaphorically pulls one down or buries one; a treacherous, risky danger

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