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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



... was harsh and the words were imperious, still they were not insolent. There was even an effect of camaraderie about them. At the last he flashed a quick smile at Anderson, which Anderson returned. He was dimly conscious all the time of Charlotte's very pretty face past her father's, peeping around his gray shoulder with a large-eyed, rather puzzled expression. Carroll nodded slightly after the smile, and told the coachman ...
— The Debtor - A Novel • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
... he thinks, to an accidental nervous defect which possibly might be transmissible to the offspring of the exceptional individual. Saint Loup for several months had under observation a litter of common mice whose quick, jerky, nervous movements of the head, continuous activity, and rapid whirling closely resembled the characteristic movements of the true dancers of China. He states that these mice ran around in circles of from 1 to 20 cm. in diameter. They ...
— The Dancing Mouse - A Study in Animal Behavior • Robert M. Yerkes
... dear Glastonbury, I am too quick and fretful. Pardon me, dear friend. You know not what I feel. Thank God, you do not; but ...
— Henrietta Temple - A Love Story • Benjamin Disraeli
... death itself is naught, Of a quick race, only the utmost goal; Then may the saints lose all their hope of heaven, And sinners quit their racky fears ...
— Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers - Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With - The Freethinkers." • Charles Bradlaugh, A. Collins, and J. Watts
... All listened motionless: it was a slow, sweet, limpid song which seemed like a church chant. When they ceased, every one applauded; then they all became very still. The distribution of the prizes was about to begin. My little master of the second grade, with his red head and his quick eyes, who was to read the names of the prize-winners, had already advanced to the front of the stage. The entrance of the twelve boys who were to present the certificates was what they were waiting for. The ...
— Cuore (Heart) - An Italian Schoolboy's Journal • Edmondo De Amicis


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