quick

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English quik or quic, from Old English cwic (“alive”), from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷey- (“to live”), *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”). Cognate with Dutch kwik and kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek βίος (bios, “life”), Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas (“alive”), Latvian dzīvs (“alive”), Russian живой (živoj), Welsh byw (“alive”), Irish beo (“alive”), biathaim (“nourish”), Kurdish jîn (“to live”) and jiyan (“life”), giyan (“soul”), can (“soul”), Sanskrit जीव (jīva, “living”).

Adjective[edit]

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. Occurring 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.
  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.

Synonyms[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

  • (moving with speed): slow

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from quick (adj.)

Translations[edit]

moving with speed
occurring in a short time
lively, witty
mentally agile, perceptive
easily aroused to anger
alive
pregnant
flowing
burning, fiery
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Adverb[edit]

quick (comparative quicker, superlative quickest)

  1. (colloquial) with speed, quickly
    Get rich quick.
    Come here, quick!
    • John Locke
      If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed.

Translations[edit]

with speed

Noun[edit]

quick (plural quicks)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

sensitive flesh

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Etymology[edit]

From English

Noun[edit]

quick m (plural quicks)

  1. quick waltz

See also[edit]

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