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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



... into a quick walk up the village, but when he approached the Green, the beauty of the view that lay on his right hand, the singular contrast presented by the groups of villagers with the knot of Methodists near the maple, and perhaps yet more, curiosity to see the young female preacher, proved too much ...
— Adam Bede • George Eliot
... be gained by examining the peculiar machine, and therefore the one quick glance sufficed. If Vic and Hope had gone this route, I was anxious to follow. I glanced down at the papers in my hand, and slowly turned the first dial on the little instrument board, narrowly watching the hand of the meter beside it, as Vic ...
— The Infra-Medians • Sewell Peaslee Wright
... appears—but our firing was stopped by order of the artillery commander. Two guns and several prisoners were captured, together with horses and various boxes of shells for Maxim, Nordenfeldt, and Krupp quick-firing guns. Our wounded were many, and some companies looked woefully attenuated as the remnant, when all was over, whistled themselves back to camp. Their gallant leader, General Penn Symons, who had taken no precautions to keep under cover, but, on the contrary, had made ...
— South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) - From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, - 15th Dec. 1899 • Louis Creswicke
... entered into it and was greatly conciliated, as was evident from the increased amiability of his expression. "If you are really very anxious for a smoke," he remarked, "I think it might possibly be managed, if you are very quick about it. You see they might come out and inquire for you, and you wouldn't be on the spot. You see that door there? Go in there and you'll find a little room on the right; you can smoke there, only open the window, ...
— The Idiot • (AKA Feodor Dostoevsky) Fyodor Dostoyevsky
... home in my uncle's household. I was a little afraid of my aunt, who had a quick temper, but on the whole I liked her. She was fair and thin and had a pretty smile in the wake of her tempers. Uncle Solomon was an old friend. I was fond of him and he made much of me. His fine brown eyes were full of smiles, and there always was a pleasant smile for ...
— The Promised Land • Mary Antin


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