quick

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English quik, quic, from Old English cwic (“alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwik(k)w, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), *gʷeyh₃w- (“to live”).

Cognate with Dutch kwik, kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”), Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas (“alive”), Latvian dzīvs (“alive”), Russian живо́й (živój), Welsh byw (“alive”), Irish beo (“alive”), biathaigh (“feed”), Northern Kurdish jîn (“to live”), jiyan (“life”), giyan (“soul”), can (“soul”), Sanskrit जीव (jīva, “living”), Albanian nxit (“to urge, stimulate”). Doublet of jiva.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kwɪk/, [kʷw̥ɪk]
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  • Rhymes: -ɪk

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.
    He is wont to be rather quick of temper when tired.
    • 1549, Hugh Latimer, The Sixth Sermon Preached Before King Edward, April 6 1549
      The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended.
  6. (archaic) Alive, living.
  7. (now rare, archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
    • c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene ii]:
      she's quick; the child brags in her belly already: tis yours
    • Section 316, Penal Code (Cap. 224, 2008 Ed.) (Singapore)
      Whoever does any act under such circumstances that if he thereby caused death he would be guilty of culpable homicide, and does by such act cause the death of a quick unborn child, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
    • 2012, Jerry White, London in the Eighteenth Century, Bodley Head 2017, p. 385:
      When sentenced she sought to avoid hanging by declaring herself with child – ironically, given her favourite deception – but a ‘jury of Matrons’ found her not quick.
  8. Of water: flowing.
  9. Burning, flammable, fiery.
  10. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
  11. (mining, of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren

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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-‎ (0 c, 24 e)

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Adverb[edit]

quick (comparative quicker, superlative quickest)

  1. Quickly, in a quick manner.
    Get rich quick.
    Come here, quick!

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Noun[edit]

quick (plural quicks)

  1. Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
  2. Plants used in making a quickset hedge
    • 1641, John Evelyn, diary entry September 1641
      The works […] are curiously hedged with quick.
  3. The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
    • 1550, Hugh Latimer, Sermon Preached at Stamford, 9 October 1550
      This test nippeth, […] this toucheth the quick.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), new edition, London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, OCLC 913056315:
      How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference!
  4. Quitchgrass.
  5. (cricket) A fast bowler.

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Verb[edit]

quick (third-person singular simple present quicks, present participle quicking, simple past and past participle quicked)

  1. (transitive) To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
  2. (transitive, archaic, poetic) To quicken.
    • 1917', Thomas Hardy, At the Word 'Farewell
      I rose as if quicked by a spur I was bound to obey.

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Etymology[edit]

From English.

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Noun[edit]

quick m (plural quicks)

  1. quick waltz

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German quick, from Old Saxon quik, from Proto-West Germanic *kwik(k)w, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz; also a Central Franconian form. Doublet of keck, which see for more.

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Adjective[edit]

quick (comparative quicker, superlative am quicksten)

  1. (rather rare, dated) lively
    • 1899, Theodor Fontane, chapter 12, in Der Stechlin:
      Die Wirtin des Hauses, Frau Hagelversicherungssekretär Schickedanz, hätte diesen gelegentlichen Aufenthalt der Nichte Hartwigs eigentlich beanstanden müssen, ließ es aber gehen, weil Hedwig ein heiteres, quickes und sehr anstelliges Ding war und manches besaß, was die Schickedanz mit der Ungehörigkeit des ewigen Dienstwechsels wieder aussöhnte.
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Usage notes[edit]

  • Much more common than the simplex is the pleonastic compound quicklebendig.

Declension[edit]

Positive forms of quick
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist quick sie ist quick es ist quick sie sind quick
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative quicker quicke quickes quicke
genitive quicken quicker quicken quicker
dative quickem quicker quickem quicken
accusative quicken quicke quickes quicke
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der quicke die quicke das quicke die quicken
genitive des quicken der quicken des quicken der quicken
dative dem quicken der quicken dem quicken den quicken
accusative den quicken die quicke das quicke die quicken
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein quicker eine quicke ein quickes (keine) quicken
genitive eines quicken einer quicken eines quicken (keiner) quicken
dative einem quicken einer quicken einem quicken (keinen) quicken
accusative einen quicken eine quicke ein quickes (keine) quicken
Comparative forms of quick
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist quicker sie ist quicker es ist quicker sie sind quicker
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative quickerer quickere quickeres quickere
genitive quickeren quickerer quickeren quickerer
dative quickerem quickerer quickerem quickeren
accusative quickeren quickere quickeres quickere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der quickere die quickere das quickere die quickeren
genitive des quickeren der quickeren des quickeren der quickeren
dative dem quickeren der quickeren dem quickeren den quickeren
accusative den quickeren die quickere das quickere die quickeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein quickerer eine quickere ein quickeres (keine) quickeren
genitive eines quickeren einer quickeren eines quickeren (keiner) quickeren
dative einem quickeren einer quickeren einem quickeren (keinen) quickeren
accusative einen quickeren eine quickere ein quickeres (keine) quickeren
Superlative forms of quick
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist am quicksten sie ist am quicksten es ist am quicksten sie sind am quicksten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative quickster quickste quickstes quickste
genitive quicksten quickster quicksten quickster
dative quickstem quickster quickstem quicksten
accusative quicksten quickste quickstes quickste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der quickste die quickste das quickste die quicksten
genitive des quicksten der quicksten des quicksten der quicksten
dative dem quicksten der quicksten dem quicksten den quicksten
accusative den quicksten die quickste das quickste die quicksten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein quickster eine quickste ein quickstes (keine) quicksten
genitive eines quicksten einer quicksten eines quicksten (keiner) quicksten
dative einem quicksten einer quicksten einem quicksten (keinen) quicksten
accusative einen quicksten eine quickste ein quickstes (keine) quicksten

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