Thesaurus: quicksand

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1. 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.
2. n. a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy
3. n. a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
4. 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! Longfellow.
5. Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially,a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes foundat the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous,from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking intoit.Life hath quicksands, -- Life hath snares! Longfellow.
6. n:100 n. a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy n. a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down