quick
- 1) adjective, (of an action, movement, etc) performed or occurring during a comparatively short time
- 2) adjective, lasting a comparatively short time; brief
- 3) adjective, accomplishing something in a time that is shorter than normal
- 4) adjective, characterized by rapidity of movement; swift or fast
- 5) adjective, immediate or prompt
- 6) adjective, eager or ready to perform (an action)
- 7) adjective, responsive to stimulation; perceptive or alert; lively
- 8) adjective, eager or enthusiastic for learning
- 9) adjective, easily excited or aroused
- 10) adjective, skilfully swift or nimble in one's movements or actions; deft
- 11) adjective, a) alive; living b) living people (esp in the phrase the quick and the dead)
- 12) adjective, lively or eager
- 13) adjective, (of a fire) burning briskly
- 14) adjective, composed of living plants
- 15) adjective, (of sand) lacking firmness through being wet
- 16) adjective, quick with child pregnant, esp being in an advanced state of pregnancy, when the movements of the fetus can be felt
- 17) noun, any area of living flesh that is highly sensitive to pain or touch, esp that under a toenail or fingernail or around a healing wound
- 18) noun, the vital or most important part (of a thing)
- 19) noun, short for quickset
- 20) noun, cut (someone) to the quick to hurt (someone's) feelings deeply; offend gravely
- 21) adverb, in a rapid or speedy manner; swiftly
- 22) adverb, soon
- 23) interjection, a command requiring the hearer to perform an action immediately or in as short a time as possible
Etymology
Old English cwicu living; related to Old Saxon quik, Old High German queck, Old Norse kvikr alive, Latin vīvus alive, Greek bios life
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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express, fast, active, flying, passionate, alert, speed, fast, speed, swift, speedy, cracking (Brit. informal), smart, rapid, fleet, brisk, hasty, headlong, nippy (informal), brief, passing, hurried, fleeting, summary, lightning, short-lived, hasty, cursory, perfunctory, immediate, instant, prompt, sudden, abrupt, instantaneous, expeditious, excitable, impatient, abrupt, hasty, irritable, touchy, curt, petulant, irascible, testy, intelligent, bright (informal), sharp, acute, smart, clever, shrewd, discerning, astute, receptive, perceptive, quick-witted, swift, rapid, hurried, quick, hast, brisk, apace, hotfoot, posthaste, lickety-split (U.S. informal), soon, momentarily (U.S.), instantaneous, pronto (informal), a.s.a.p. (informal), immediately, instantly, directly, prompt, abrupt, expeditious