quick
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- kwik (eye dialect)
EtymologyEdit
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), Polish żywy (“alive”), 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.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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, 2 Timothy 4:1, column 2:
- I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Ieſus Chriſt, who ſhall iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearing, and his kingdome:
- 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.
- (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 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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.
- 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. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [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
SynonymsEdit
- (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
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- lightning-quick
- overquick
- quick as a flash
- quick fix
- quick on his feet
- quick on the draw
- quick smart
- quick-change artist
- quick-drying
- quick-thinking
- quick-witted
- quicken
- quickie
- quicklime
- quickload
- quickly
- quicksand
- quicksave
- quickshaw
- quicksilver
- quickstep
- the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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AdverbEdit
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:
- If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed.
- Answer quickly.
- 2006, SpongeBob SquarePants, Whale of a Birthday
- Quick, how do you spell 'Krabs'?
- 2006, SpongeBob SquarePants, Whale of a Birthday
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
NounEdit
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, 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:
- 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.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, canto LXXXVIII:
- Wild bird, whose warble, liquid sweet,
Rings Eden thro' the budded quicks
- (cricket) A fast bowler.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
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
ReferencesEdit
- quick in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- quick in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- quick at OneLook Dictionary Search
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
quick m (plural quicks)
See alsoEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
quick (strong nominative masculine singular quicker, comparative quicker, superlative am quicksten)
- (rather rare, dated) lively
- 1896, Theodor Fontane, Effi Briest[1], Berlin: F. Fontane & Co.:
- »Eine hübsche Person«, sagte die Zwicker. »Und so quick und kasch, und ich möchte fast sagen, von einer natürlichen Anmut. Wissen Sie, liebe Baronin, daß mich diese Afra…
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- 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 notesEdit
- Much more common than the simplex is the pleonastic compound quicklebendig.
DeclensionEdit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
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 | |||
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 |
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “quick” in Duden online
- “quick” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “quick” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache