QUICK

agile, nimble, quick, spry

(adjective) 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, warm

(adjective) easily aroused or excited; “a quick temper”; “a warm temper”

immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway

(adjective) performed with little or no delay; “an immediate reply to my letter”; “a prompt reply”; “was quick to respond”; “a straightaway denial”

quick, speedy

(adjective) 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, fast

(adjective) hurried and brief; “paid a flying visit”; “took a flying glance at the book”; “a quick inspection”; “a fast visit”

quick, ready

(adjective) apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; “a quick mind”; “a ready wit”

promptly, quickly, quick

(adverb) with little or no delay; “the rescue squad arrived promptly”; “come here, quick!”

quick

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

quick (comparative quicker, superlative quickest)

Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.

Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.

Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.

Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.

Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.

(archaic) Alive, living.

(archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.

Of water: flowing.

Burning, flammable, fiery.

Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.

(mining, of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren

Synonyms

• (moving with speed): fast, speedy, rapid, swift; see also speedy

• (occurring in a short time): brief, momentary, short-lived; see also ephemeral

• (fast-thinking): bright, droll, keen; see also witty or intelligent

• (easily aroused to anger): hotheaded, rattish, short-tempered, snippish, snippy

• (alive, living): extant, live, vital; see also alive

• (pregnant): expecting, gravid, with child; see also pregnant

• (flowing): fluent, fluminous; see also flowing

Antonyms

• (moving with speed): slow

Adverb

quick (comparative quicker, superlative quickest)

Quickly, in a quick manner.

Noun

quick (plural quicks)

Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

Plants used in making a quickset hedge

The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.

Quitchgrass.

(cricket) A fast bowler.

Verb

quick (third-person singular simple present quicks, present participle quicking, simple past and past participle quicked)

(transitive) To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.

(transitive, archaic, poetic) To quicken.

Proper noun

Quick (plural Quicks)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Quick is the 1416^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 25091 individuals. Quick is most common among White (80.91%) and Black/African American (13.19%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

Quick, a. [Compar. Quicker; superl. Quickest.] Etym: [As. cwic, cwicu, cwucu, cucu, living; akin to OS. quik, D. kwik, OHG. quec, chec, G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living, Goth. qius, Lith. qyvas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living, vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. jiva living, jiv to live. Cf. Biography, Vivid, Quitch grass, Whitlow.]

1. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. Chaucer. The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. 2 Tim. iv. 1. Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire. Herbert.

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." Shak.

3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick Oft he her his charge of quick return Repeated. Milton.

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. Latimer.

5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens the stomach. Shak.

6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. "To have an open ear, a quick eye." Shak. They say that women are so quick. Tennyson.

7. Pregnant; with child. Shak. 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.

Syn.

– Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly.

Quick, adv.

Definition: 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. Locke.

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. Evelyn.

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. Latimer. How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference ! Fuller.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: Quitch grass. Tennyson.

Quick, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Quicken.]

Definition: To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition