1. loose wet sand that yields easily to pressure and sucks in anything resting on or falling into it
2. something that traps or engulfs like quicksand
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The explorer carefully avoided the patch of quicksand near the riverbank.
• Movies often exaggerate how dangerous quicksand really is.
• She felt like she was sinking into quicksand as her debts mounted.
• The rescue team used ropes to pull him out of the quicksand.
• His lies became a quicksand of deception that trapped him.
• The quicksand appeared solid until he stepped on it.
• Without proper planning, the project became a quicksand of complications.