'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