quick

English

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Etymology

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

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

Antonyms

  • (moving with speed): slow

Derived terms

Terms derived from quick (adj.)

Translations

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

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

with speed

Noun

quick (plural quicks)

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

Derived terms

Translations

sensitive flesh

References

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French

Etymology

From English

Noun

quick m (plural quicks)

  1. quick waltz

See also

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