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.

   The quick and the dead.

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

quick fix quicken quicklime quicksand quicksilver quick smart

quickstep quick-witted wiki-wiki quickly quickie

[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" at The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.

“quick” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.