What does quick mean?
Definitions for quick
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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word quick.
Princeton's WordNet
quickadjective
any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
quick, speedyadjective
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"
flying, quick, fastadjective
hurried and brief
"paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
agile, nimble, quick, spryadjective
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"
quick, readyadjective
apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
"a quick mind"; "a ready wit"
immediate, prompt, quick, straightawayadjective
performed with little or no delay
"an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"
quick, warmadverb
easily aroused or excited
"a quick temper"; "a warm temper"
promptly, quickly, quickadverb
with little or no delay
"the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"
Wiktionary
quicknoun
raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
Etymology: From quik or quic, from cwic, from kwikwaz, from gʷih₃wós, from gʷey-. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek , Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas, Latvian dzivs, Russian , Irish biathaim, Kurdish jîn and jiyan.
quickadverb
to do with speed, quickly
Etymology: From quik or quic, from cwic, from kwikwaz, from gʷih₃wós, from gʷey-. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek , Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas, Latvian dzivs, Russian , Irish biathaim, Kurdish jîn and jiyan.
quickadjective
Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
Etymology: From quik or quic, from cwic, from kwikwaz, from gʷih₃wós, from gʷey-. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek , Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas, Latvian dzivs, Russian , Irish biathaim, Kurdish jîn and jiyan.
quickadjective
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
That was a quick meal.
Etymology: From quik or quic, from cwic, from kwikwaz, from gʷih₃wós, from gʷey-. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek , Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas, Latvian dzivs, Russian , Irish biathaim, Kurdish jîn and jiyan.
quickadjective
Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.
Etymology: From quik or quic, from cwic, from kwikwaz, from gʷih₃wós, from gʷey-. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek , Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas, Latvian dzivs, Russian , Irish biathaim, Kurdish jîn and jiyan.
quickadjective
Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
My father is old but he still has a quick wit.
Etymology: From quik or quic, from cwic, from kwikwaz, from gʷih₃wós, from gʷey-. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek , Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas, Latvian dzivs, Russian , Irish biathaim, Kurdish jîn and jiyan.
quickadjective
Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
Etymology: From quik or quic, from cwic, from kwikwaz, from gʷih₃wós, from gʷey-. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek , Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas, Latvian dzivs, Russian , Irish biathaim, Kurdish jîn and jiyan.
quickadjective
Alive, living.
Etymology: From quik or quic, from cwic, from kwikwaz, from gʷih₃wós, from gʷey-. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek , Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas, Latvian dzivs, Russian , Irish biathaim, Kurdish jîn and jiyan.
quickadjective
Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
She was quick with child.
Etymology: From quik or quic, from cwic, from kwikwaz, from gʷih₃wós, from gʷey-. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek , Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas, Latvian dzivs, Russian , Irish biathaim, Kurdish jîn and jiyan.
quickadjective
Of water: flowing.
Etymology: From quik or quic, from cwic, from kwikwaz, from gʷih₃wós, from gʷey-. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek , Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas, Latvian dzivs, Russian , Irish biathaim, Kurdish jîn and jiyan.
quickadjective
Burning, flammable, fiery.
Etymology: From quik or quic, from cwic, from kwikwaz, from gʷih₃wós, from gʷey-. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, German keck, Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek , Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas, Latvian dzivs, Russian , Irish biathaim, Kurdish jîn and jiyan.
Webster Dictionary
Quick
alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate
Etymology: [See Quicken.]
Quick
characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready
Etymology: [See Quicken.]
Quick
speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick
Etymology: [See Quicken.]
Quick
impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper
Etymology: [See Quicken.]
Quick
fresh; bracing; sharp; keen
Etymology: [See Quicken.]
Quick
sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear
Etymology: [See Quicken.]
Quick
pregnant; with child
Etymology: [See Quicken.]
Quickadverb
in a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick
Etymology: [See Quicken.]
Quicknoun
that which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge
Etymology: [See Quicken.]
Quicknoun
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
Etymology: [See Quicken.]
Quicknoun
quitch grass
Etymology: [See Quicken.]
Quick
to revive; to quicken; to be or become alive
Etymology: [See Quicken.]
Freebase
Quick
Quick is a defunct Dallas-Fort Worth area free weekly newspaper published from 2003 to 2011. As the name implies, it was delivered in a quick-to-read format: a tabloid ranging in page count from 20 to 40. It was available free each week on Thursdays from street teams and courtesy news racks at Dallas Area Rapid Transit rail stations, office buildings, and other busy locations throughout the Dallas area. Initially, Quick was a free daily paper that contained "quick hits" Of the daily top news stories, weather and sports. However, after declining readership and distribution issues began to plague the paper, it switched to a once a week format that highlighted entertainment and lifestyle offerings in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex such as music, movies and local dining aimed at the 18 to 40 age demographic. It was considered a direct competitor of another local entertainment/lifestyle guide, the Dallas Observer. Dallas Morning News officials announced on July 27, 2011, that Quick would cease publication with its August 4, 2011, issue. The publisher said it ended publication because the eight-year venture was ultimately unprofitable. Nine employees, including two part-timers, were laid off as a result.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Quick
kwik, adj. living: lively: speedy: nimble: ready: sensitive: hasty: pregnant: active, piercing.—adv. without delay: rapidly: soon.—n. a living animal or plant: the living: the living flesh: the sensitive parts: a hedge of some growing plant, quickset.—adj. Quick′-an′swered (Shak.), quick at giving an answer.—n. Quick′beam, the mountain-ash or rowan.—adj. Quick′-conceiv′ing, quick at conceiving or understanding.—v.t. Quick′en, to make quick or alive: to revive: to reinvigorate: to cheer: to excite: to sharpen: to hasten.—v.i. to become alive: to move with activity.—n. the couch or quitch-grass.—ns. Quick′ener, one who, or that which, reinvigorates; Quick′ening, the period in pregnancy when the mother first becomes conscious of the movement of the child—from the sixteenth or seventeenth week onwards.—adj. Quick′-eyed, having acute sight.—ns. Quick′-grass=Quitch-grass; Quick′-hedge, a hedge of living plants; Quick′lime, recently burnt lime, caustic and unslaked: carbonate of lime without its carbonic acid.—adv. Quick′ly.—ns. Quick′march (same as Quick′step); Quick′match (see Match); Quick′ness; Quick′sand, a movable sandbank in a sea, lake, &c., any large mass of sand saturated with water, often dangerous to travellers: anything treacherous.—adj. Quick′-scent′ed, having a keen scent.—n. Quick′set, a living plant set to grow for a hedge, particularly the hawthorn.—adj. consisting of living plants.—adj. Quick′-sight′ed, having quick or sharp sight: quick in discernment.—ns. Quick′-sight′edness, sharpness of sight or discernment; Quick′silver, the common name for fluid mercury, so called from its great mobility and its silvery colour.—v.t. to overlay or to treat with quicksilver.—adj. Quick′silvered.—ns. Quick′silvering, the mercury on the back of a mirror; Quick′step, a march in quick time: (mus.) a march written in military quick time.—adj. Quick′-tem′pered, irascible.—n. Quick′-wa′ter, a solution of nitrates of mercury and of gold, for water-gilding.—adj. Quick′-wit′ted, having ready wit.—ns. Quick′-wit′tedness; Quick′-work, the part of a ship under water when laden: the part of the inner upper-works of a ship above the covering board: the short planks worked inside between the ports: spirketting.—Some quick (Spens.), something alive. [A.S. cwic; Ice. kvikr, Goth. kwius, living; allied to L. vivus.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'quick' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2054
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Rank popularity for the word 'quick' in Written Corpus Frequency: #877
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of quick in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of quick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of quick in a Sentence
The The NRA, a get rich quick scheme for The NRA executives that pushed positions wildly out of step with gun owners, is collapsing, just as Congress readies to vote on a comprehensive background checks proposal with 90 % public support, the NRA's happening.
To a quick question, give a slow answer.
We will not be bullied and Mr. Morales needs to learn that right quick.
In view of the problems in emerging markets, it's hard for us to imagine where a quick rebound for German industry should come from.
We should have kept the sanctions in place, so that we could have gotten to a real agreement, the sanctions are going to come, and they're going to come quick.
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- سَريع, سريعArabic
- тиҙ, шәпBashkir
- хуткіBelarusian
- бързBulgarian
- corrents, carn vivaCatalan, Valencian
- rychlýCzech
- bywWelsh
- kvik, hurtigDanish
- schnell, schnell von Begriff, geschwind, quicklebendig, rasch, NagelbettGerman
- γρήγορα, γρήγοροςGreek
- rápido, carne vivaSpanish
- nobeEstonian
- فرزPersian
- äkkipikainen, nopea, vikkelä, elävä, sukkela, nopeaälyinen, nokkela, virtaava, pikainen, herkästi syttyvä, nopeastiFinnish
- rapide, animé, vivantFrench
- luath, tráthúil, beoIrish
- gradScottish Gaelic
- gyors, eleven, lobbanékony, friss, élénk, hirtelen, eszesHungarian
- արագArmenian
- rapideInterlingua
- fljóturIcelandic
- rapidoItalian
- 速い, 早いJapanese
- სწრაფიGeorgian
- ತ್ವರಿತKannada
- 빠르다, 빠른Korean
- گورجKurdish
- rapidus, quickLatin
- knašs, nasks, žigls, straujš, ātrs, ašsLatvian
- брз, досетлив, бистар, жив, остроуменMacedonian
- haastig, snel, rap, vlug, levend vleesDutch
- kvikk, rask, frisk og raskNorwegian
- szybkiPolish
- ligeiro, célere, rápido, velozPortuguese
- rapid, aprig, iute, energic, repede, ager, înfocat, violent, vioi, învăpăiat, sprinten, vioaieRomanian
- быстрый, живой, проворный, вспыльчивый, скорый, бы́строRussian
- брз, brzSerbo-Croatian
- rýchlySlovak
- hiterSlovene
- kvick, snabb, ilsken, rapp, lättretlig, ilsk, hastig, snabbt, fortSwedish
- விரைவானTamil
- швидкий, скорийUkrainian
- nhanhVietnamese
- 快的Chinese
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