quick

Meaning

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.

Opposite of

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

Synonyms

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

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Translations

rapide

schnell

rápido

rasch

vite

rapido

rápido

snel

veloce

geschwind

vlug

ligeiro

gauw

spoedig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kwɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: quik

Inherited from Old English: cwic

Cognate with Dutch: kwik

Cognate with German: keck

Cognate with Danish: kvik

Cognate with Danish: kæk

Cognate with Swedish: kvick

Cognate with Ancient Greek: βίος

Cognate with Latin: vivus

Cognate with Lithuanian: gývas

Cognate with Latvian: dzīvs

Cognate with Russian: живо́й

Cognate with Polish: żywy

Cognate with Welsh: byw

Cognate with Irish: beo

Cognate with Northern Kurdish: jîn

Cognate with Sanskrit: जीव

Cognate with Albanian: 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.

Sentences

Split the log with a quick , sharp blow .

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