quick

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
2. Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
3. Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
4. Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
5. Easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
6. (archaic) Alive, living.
7. (archaic) At the stage where it can be felt to move in the uterus.
8. (archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
9. (archaic) Flowing, not stagnant.
10. (archaic) Burning, flammable, fiery.
11. (obsolete) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
12. productive; not "dead" or barren
13. Not cryptic.
14. Being a distinctively sensitive kind of glaciomarine clay that may behave like a watery fluid under stress.

Adv

1. Quickly, in a quick manner.
2. Answer quickly.

Noun

1. Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
2. Plants used in making a quickset hedge
3. The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
4. (archaic, with-definite-article) Synonym of living (“those who are alive”).
5. Quitchgrass.
6. A fast bowler.

Verb

1. (transitive) To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
2. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To quicken.

Concepten

snel

vlug

gauw

spoedig

haastig

gezwind

rap

levend vlees

opgewekt

ras

scherp

snelle

levendig

vlot

kwiek

prompt

gehaaid

Tegenovergesteld aan

dead#Noun, ;, deceased#Noun, departed#Noun

Synoniemen

fast

rapid

swift

speedy

prompt

agile

nimble

smart

quickly

brisk

expeditious

hasty

lively

fleet

alert

hurried

active

sharp

sudden

ready

clever

immediate

hurry

promptly

deft

flying

energetic

strong

spry

bright

speed

shrewd

diligent

soon

🔜

intelligent

straightaway

living

adroit

early

powerful

swiftly

instantaneous

quick-witted

hurry up

be fast

presto

alive

hasten

efficient

urgent

‼️

Vertalingen

rapide

schnell

rápido

rasch

vite

rapido

rápido

veloce

geschwind

ligeiro

pronto

veloz

hızlı

veloz

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kwɪk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: quik

Overgenomen van Oudengels: cwic

Verwant aan Nederlands: kwik

Verwant aan Duits: keck

Verwant aan Deens: kvik

Verwant aan Deens: kæk

Verwant aan Zweeds: kvick

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: βίος

Verwant aan Latijn: vivus

Verwant aan Litouws: gývas

Verwant aan Lets: dzīvs

Verwant aan Russisch: живо́й

Verwant aan Pools: żywy

Verwant aan Welsh: byw

Verwant aan Iers: beo

Verwant aan Northern Kurdish: jîn

Verwant aan Sanskriet: जीव

Verwant aan Albanees: nxit

In summary

From Middle English quik, quic, from Old English cwic (“alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), *gʷeyh₃w- (“to live”).
Cognate with Dutch kwik, kwiek, German keck, Danish kvik (“quick, quick-witted”) and Danish kæk (“bold; spirited”), 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.

Zinnen

Split the log with a quick , sharp blow .

Split het logboek met een snelle, scherpe klap.

King relies on quick strikes , good movement , and a very good view on punishment .

King vertrouwt op snelle stakingen, goede beweging en een zeer goed uitzicht op straf.