Quick"sand` (?), n. 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.

Life hath quicksands, -- Life hath snares!

• wet sand that things readily sink in, 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.