'Quick' definitions:
Definition of 'quick'
(from WordNet)
adverb
With little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!" [syn: promptly, quickly, quick]
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" [syn: quick, speedy]
adjective
Hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit" [syn: flying, quick, fast]
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" [syn: agile, nimble, quick, spry]
adjective
Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit" [syn: quick, ready]
adjective
Performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial" [syn: immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway]
adjective
Easily aroused or excited; "a quick temper"; "a warm temper" [syn: quick, warm]
noun
Any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
Definition of 'Quick'
From: GCIDE
- Quick \Quick\, a. [Compar. Quicker; superl. Quickest.] [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. q[=y]vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living, vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. j[imac]va living, j[imac]v to live. Cf. Biography, Vivid, Quitch grass, Whitlow.]
- 1. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. [1913 Webster]
- Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. --2 Tim. iv. 1. [1913 Webster]
- Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire. -- Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in some compounds, or in particular phrases. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. " A quick wit." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. [1913 Webster]
- Oft he to her his charge of quick return Repeated. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. [1913 Webster]
- The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended. -- Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. [1913 Webster]
- The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens the stomach. -- Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. "To have an open ear, a quick eye." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- They say that women are so quick. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Pregnant; with child. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quick'
From: GCIDE
- Quick \Quick\, adv. In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. [1913 Webster]
- If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed. -- Locke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quick'
From: GCIDE
- Quick \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. [1913 Webster]
- The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference ! --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) Quitch grass. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quick'
From: GCIDE
- Quick \Quick\, v. t. & i. [See Quicken.] To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quick'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able,
- aboveground,
- abrupt,
- acquiescent,
- acute,
- adept,
- adroit,
- agile,
- agog,
- agreeable,
- alacritous,
- alert,
- alive,
- alive and kicking,
- all agog,
- amain,
- amenable,
- among the living,
- animate,
- animated,
- anxious,
- apace,
- apt,
- ardent,
- artistic,
- astute,
- at flank speed,
- attentive,
- authoritative,
- avid,
- awake,
- bosom,
- brainy,
- bravura,
- breakneck,
- breast,
- breathing,
- breathless,
- brief,
- bright,
- brilliant,
- brisk,
- bursting to,
- canny,
- capable,
- capable of life,
- center of life,
- clean,
- clever,
- combustible,
- cometary,
- competent,
- compliant,
- conscious,
- consenting,
- content,
- cooperative,
- coordinated,
- core,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- cunning,
- cursory,
- cute,
- daedal,
- Daedalian,
- dashing,
- decisive,
- deft,
- desirous,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- diplomatic,
- discerning,
- dispatchful,
- disposed,
- docile,
- double-quick,
- eager,
- eagle-winged,
- educable,
- effective,
- effectual,
- electrifying,
- endowed with life,
- energetic,
- enlivened,
- enthusiastic,
- esoteric reality,
- excellent,
- excitable,
- existent,
- expeditious,
- expeditiously,
- expert,
- explosive,
- exposed nerve,
- express,
- facile,
- fain,
- fancy,
- fast,
- favorable,
- favorably disposed,
- favorably inclined,
- festinate,
- feverish,
- fiery,
- flashing,
- flat-out,
- fleet,
- flickering,
- flying,
- formable,
- forward,
- full of life,
- furious,
- galloping,
- game,
- gifted,
- good,
- goodish,
- graceful,
- hair-trigger,
- hand over fist,
- hand over hand,
- handy,
- hastily,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- heart,
- heart of hearts,
- hell for leather,
- hell-bent,
- hell-bent for election,
- hep,
- hot,
- hot-tempered,
- hotheaded,
- hurried,
- hustling,
- immediate,
- impatient,
- impetuous,
- impressionable,
- impulsive,
- in double time,
- in double-quick time,
- in high,
- in high gear,
- in seven-league boots,
- in the flesh,
- in the mind,
- in the mood,
- inclined,
- ingenious,
- inmost heart,
- inmost soul,
- inner man,
- inner nature,
- inside,
- inspirited,
- instant,
- instantaneous,
- instinct with life,
- instructable,
- intelligent,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- keen,
- keen-witted,
- knowing,
- last-minute,
- lickety-cut,
- lickety-split,
- light of heel,
- light-footed,
- live,
- lively,
- living,
- long-lived,
- magisterial,
- malleable,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- mercurial,
- meteoric,
- minded,
- moldable,
- motivated,
- neat,
- nerve center,
- nerve ending,
- nerve-shattering,
- nimble,
- nimble-footed,
- nimble-witted,
- no dumbbell,
- no mean,
- not born yesterday,
- on the,
- on the alert,
- on the ball,
- on the double,
- on the job,
- on the spot,
- overhasty,
- panting,
- passing,
- passionate,
- peppery,
- perceptive,
- perfunctory,
- perspicacious,
- petulant,
- pith,
- plastic,
- pliable,
- pliant,
- politic,
- post,
- posthaste,
- precipitant,
- precipitate,
- precipitous,
- predisposed,
- professional,
- proficient,
- prompt,
- promptly,
- prone,
- punctual,
- qui vive,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- quick-tempered,
- quick-thinking,
- quick-witted,
- quickly,
- quite some,
- rapid,
- rapidly,
- raring to,
- rash,
- raw,
- raw nerve,
- ready,
- ready and willing,
- receptive,
- reckless,
- resourceful,
- responsive,
- ripe for instruction,
- root,
- running,
- schoolable,
- scintillating,
- secret heart,
- sharp,
- sharp-witted,
- shocking,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- short-tempered,
- short-term,
- short-termed,
- shrewd,
- skillful,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- sleepless,
- slick,
- smart,
- snap,
- snappily,
- snappy,
- soft spot,
- some,
- sore point,
- sore spot,
- soul,
- spanking,
- speedily,
- speedy,
- spirit,
- spirited,
- spry,
- spunky,
- startling,
- statesmanlike,
- steel-trap,
- stylish,
- sudden,
- summary,
- superficial,
- surprising,
- susceptible,
- swift,
- swiftly,
- tactful,
- talented,
- teachable,
- tenacious of life,
- tender spot,
- testy,
- the compleat,
- the complete,
- the quick,
- thirsty for knowledge,
- timely,
- touchy,
- tractable,
- trainable,
- trippingly,
- true being,
- true inwardness,
- unanticipated,
- unblinking,
- under forced draft,
- unexpected,
- unforeseen,
- unlooked-for,
- unnodding,
- unpredicted,
- unsleeping,
- unwinking,
- urgent,
- very much alive,
- viable,
- vigorous,
- virtuoso,
- vital,
- vital principle,
- vitals,
- vivacious,
- vivid,
- vivified,
- volcanic,
- wakeful,
- well-disposed,
- well-done,
- well-inclined,
- whip and spur,
- wide-awake,
- willed,
- willing,
- willinghearted,
- winged,
- with all haste,
- with giant strides,
- with rapid strides,
- with speed,
- workmanlike,
- zealous,
- zestful,
- zoetic
Words containing 'Quick'
- Quickly,
- Quickness,
- Quick grass,
- Quick match,
- Quick time,
- Quick vein,
- Quick vinegar,
- Quick water,
- Quick with child,
- double quick,
- mental quickness,
- quick assets,
- quick bread,
- quick buck,
- quick fix,
- quick march,
- quick study,
- quick temper,
- quick witted,
- Double-quick,
- Quick-scented,
- Quick-sighted,
- Quick-sightedness,
- Quick-witted,
- Quick-wittedness,
- quick-change,
- quick-drying,
- quick-eared,
- quick-fire,
- quick-freeze,
- quick-frozen,
- quick-tempered,
- choleric irascible hotheaded hot-headed hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered