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Quick   /kwɪk/   Listen
adjective
Quick  adj.  (compar. quicker; superl. quickest)  
1.
Alive; living; animate; opposed to dead or inanimate. "Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were." "The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom." "Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire." Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in some compounds, or in particular phrases.
2.
Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. " A quick wit."
3.
Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. "Oft he to her his charge of quick return Repeated."
4.
Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. "The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended."
5.
Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. "The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens the stomach."
6.
Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. "To have an open ear, a quick eye." "They say that women are so quick."
7.
Pregnant; with child.
Quick grass. (Bot.) See Quitch grass.
Quick match. See under Match.
Quick vein (Mining), a vein of ore which is productive, not barren.
Quick vinegar, vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous material.
Quick water, quicksilver water.
Quick with child, pregnant with a living child.
Synonyms: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly.


adverb
Quick  adv.  In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. "If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed."


noun
Quick  n.  
1.
That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. "The works... are curiously hedged with quick."
2.
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; used figuratively. "This test nippeth,... this toucheth the quick." "How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference!"
3.
(Bot.) Quitch grass.


verb
Quick  v. t. & v. i.  To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. (Obs.)





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"Quick" Quotes from Famous Books



... little Jacqueline, "your hour!" And who shall say what memories glinted through her quick brain—what conjurings of the first waltz with M. Cartel at the Moulin de la Galette, and the last waltz at the Bal Tabarin, when she stepped through the tawdry doorway into her paradise? "Your hour! And where will ...
— Max • Katherine Cecil Thurston
... "It ain't any josh," he said, with convincing earnestness. "You got married, all right enough. And if it's as you say, Ford, I sure am sorry for it. I don't know the girl's name. I'd know her quick enough if I should see her, but I can't ...
— The Uphill Climb • B. M. Bower
... "There's a little child fell in the river round the bend, and his mother got hold of him, but she can't pull him out, and can't hold on much longer. Will you come help me, quick? I've only got one arm or I would n't have had to ...
— A Master's Degree • Margaret Hill McCarter
... and her manner is against her, but, Ethel, I have never found a fault in her; that is, one I could criticise. She is very quick to learn and seems ambitious. She came to me and asked if she might join. They are poor but her people are respectable. Now Honora Casey's parents are the wealthiest people here. They came into their wealth suddenly. The ...
— How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl • Irene Elliott Benson
... my coat on the big center table. "Murray, send Roberts to me as soon as he comes in. You take number two trunk line, and find two of the staff—quick; any two. Shoot them to the Gold Nugget Hotel." I explained the situation in a word. Then, as he was closing the door, "Keep off Number One trunk, Murray; I'll be using that line," and I turned ...
— The Million-Dollar Suitcase • Alice MacGowan


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