quick

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Related terms 1.5.2 Translations 1.6 References

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwɪk/
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• Rhymes: -ɪk

[edit] Etymology

From Old English cwic (“‘alive’”), from Proto-Germanic *kwikwa-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃u̯os (“‘alive’”), from *gʷei- (“‘to live’”). Cognate with Dutch kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek βίος (bios), Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas, Latvian dzivs, Russian живой (živoj), Irish biathaim (“‘nourish’”).

[edit] Adjective

quick (comparative quicker, superlative quickest)

1. Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.

   I ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough.

   He's a quick runner.

2. Occuring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.

   That was a quick meal.

3. Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.

   You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.

4. Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.

   My father is old but he still has a quick wit.

5. Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
6. (archaic) Alive, living.
   • 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, X

     The inmost oratory of my soul,

     Wherein thou ever dwellest quick or dead,

     Is black with grief eternal for thy sake.

7. (archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.

   She was quick with child.

8. Of water: flowing.
9. Burning, flammable, fiery.

[edit] Synonyms

• (moving with speed): fast, speedy, rapid, swift
• See also Wikisaurus:speedy

[edit] Antonyms

• (moving with speed): slow

[edit] Related terms

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[edit] Translations

[edit] Adverb

quick (comparative quicker, superlative quickest)

1. (colloquial) quickly

   get rich quick

   come here, quick!

[edit] Noun

quick (plural quicks)

1. raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

[edit] Related terms

• cut to the quick
• to the quick

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• quick in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• quick in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913