quick
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- kwik (eye dialect)
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”), *gʷeih₃w- (“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]
Adjective[edit]
quick (comparative quicker, superlative quickest)
- 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.
- Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
- That was a quick meal.
- Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
- You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.
- Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
- My father is old but he still has a quick wit.
- 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.
- (archaic) Alive, living.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Timothy 4:1:
- the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead
- 1633, George Herbert, The Temple
- Man is no star, but a quick coal / Of mortal fire.
- 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.
- (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
- Of water: flowing.
- Burning, flammable, fiery.
- Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
- c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […][1], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, OCLC 78596089, [Act IV, scene i]:
- […] the ayre is quicke there, / And it perces and ſharpens the ſtomacke,
- (mining, of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren
Synonyms[edit]
- (moving with speed): fast, speedy, rapid, swift; see also Thesaurus:speedy
- (occurring in a short time): brief, momentary, short-lived; see also Thesaurus:ephemeral
- (fast-thinking): bright, droll, keen; see also Thesaurus:witty or Thesaurus:intelligent
- (easily aroused to anger): hotheaded, rattish, short-tempered, snippish, snippy
- (alive, living): extant, live, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
- (pregnant): expecting, gravid, with child; see also Thesaurus:pregnant
- (flowing): fluent, fluminous; see also Thesaurus:flowing
Antonyms[edit]
- (moving with speed): slow
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Adverb[edit]
quick (comparative quicker, superlative quickest)
- Quickly, in a quick manner.
- Get rich quick.
- Come here, quick!
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242:
- If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed.
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Noun[edit]
quick (plural quicks)
- Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
- Plants used in making a quickset hedge
- 1641, John Evelyn, diary entry September 1641
- The works […] are curiously hedged with quick.
- 1641, John Evelyn, diary entry September 1641
- 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, Church-History of Britain
- How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference!
- 1550, Hugh Latimer, Sermon Preached at Stamford, 9 October 1550
- Quitchgrass.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tennyson to this entry?)
- (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)
- (transitive) To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
- (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.
- 1917', Thomas Hardy, At the Word 'Farewell
References[edit]
- quick in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
- quick in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- quick at OneLook Dictionary Search
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
quick m (plural quicks)
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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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
quick (comparative quicker, superlative am quicksten)
- (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]
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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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Further reading[edit]
- “quick” in Duden online
- “quick” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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