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 Definitions of quick  [ɪk]  

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Definition of 'quick' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) quick
done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity:
a quick response.

2.  quick
completed in a short time:
a quick shower.

3.  quick
moving with speed:
a quick fox.

4.  quick
easily provoked or excited:
a quick temper.

5.  quick
keenly responsive; lively; acute:
a quick wit.

6.  quick
acting with swiftness or rapidity:
a quick worker.

7.  quick
prompt or swift in doing, perceiving, or understanding:
quick to respond; a quick eye.

8.  quick
(of a bend or curve) sharp:
a quick bend in the road.

9.  quick
brisk, as fire, flames, or heat.

10.  quick
Archaic.

11.  quick
endowed with life.

12.  quick
having a high degree of energy or activity.

13. (n.) quick
living persons:
the quick and the dead.

14.  quick
the tender, sensitive flesh of the living body, esp. that under the nails.

15.  quick
the vital or most important part.

16. (adv.) quick
quickly.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME quik lively, moving, swift; OE cwic, cwicu living; c. G queck, keck, ON kvikr)

Definition of 'quick' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) quick
any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

2. (adj) quick, speedy
accomplished rapidly and without delay
"was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial"

3. (adj) flying, quick, fast
hurried and brief
"paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

4. (adj) agile, nimble, quick, spry
moving quickly and lightly
"sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"

5. (adj) quick, ready
apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
"a quick mind"; "a ready wit"

6. (adj) immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway
performed with little or no delay
"an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"

7. (adverb) quick, warm
easily aroused or excited
"a quick temper"; "a warm temper"

8. (adverb) promptly, quickly, quick
with little or no delay
"the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"


Definition of 'quick' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) quick
fast
a quick look at the book; The trip was quicker than I expected.; a quick demonstration of how it works

2.  quick
quick to
to do quickly as a reaction
People were quick to blame the media for the panic.

3.  quick
be quick
to hurry
Please be quick or we'll be late.

4.  quick
able to easily understand or learn sth new; = bright
She's very quick at math.


Definition of 'quick' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adverb) quick
in a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick

2. (noun) quick
that which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge

3. (noun) quick
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

4. (noun) quick
quitch grass

5.  quick
alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate

6.  quick
characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready

7.  quick
speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick

8.  quick
impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper

9.  quick
fresh; bracing; sharp; keen

10.  quick
sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear

11.  quick
pregnant; with child

12.  quick
to revive; to quicken; to be or become alive


Translation of 'quick' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: done, said, finished etc in a short time
a quick trip into town.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vinnig Arabic flag Arabic: سَريع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бърз
Brazilian flag Brazilian: rápido Czech flag Czech: chvatný, rychlý German flag German: schnell
Danish flag Danish: hurtig Greek flag Greek: γρήγορος, σύντομος Spanish flag Spanish: rápido
Estonian flag Estonian: lühi-, kiir- Farsi flag Farsi: سریع؛ تند Finnish flag Finnish: pikainen
French flag French: rapide Hebrew flag Hebrew: מָהִיר Hindi flag Hindi: तेज
Croatian flag Croatian: brz Hungarian flag Hungarian: gyors Indonesian flag Indonesian: cepat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: snöggur, örstuttur, skynd Italian flag Italian: veloce, rapido Japanese flag Japanese: すばやい
Korean flag Korean: 단시간의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: greitas, skubus Latvian flag Latvian: ātrs; īss (laikā)
Malay flag Malay: cepat Dutch flag Dutch: vlug Norwegian flag Norwegian: rask, kjapp, hurtig
Polish flag Polish: szybki Persian flag Persian: سریع؛ تند Pashto flag Pashto: چټك، ګړندى: تيارسۍ: بيړګن
Portuguese flag Portuguese: rápido Romanian flag Romanian: rapid Russian flag Russian: быстрый; короткий
Slovak flag Slovak: chvatný, rýchly Slovenian flag Slovenian: hiter Serbian flag Serbian: brz
Swedish flag Swedish: snabb, hastig Thai flag Thai: รวดเร็ว Turkish flag Turkish: çabuk
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 快的,短暫的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: швидкий Urdu flag Urdu: مختصر وقت میں کیا یا کہا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mau chóng Chinese flag Chinese: 快的

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