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.
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Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. --Chaucer.
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The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and
the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. --2 Tim.
iv. 1.
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Man is no star, but a quick coal
Of mortal fire. -- Herbert.
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Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in
some compounds, or in particular phrases.
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2. Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly;
agile; brisk; ready. " A quick wit." --Shak.
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3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
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Oft he to her his charge of quick return
Repeated. --Milton.
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4. Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp;
unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
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The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and
signified that he was much offended. -- Latimer.
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5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
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The air is quick there,
And it pierces and sharpens the stomach. -- Shak.
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6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick
ear. "To have an open ear, a quick eye." --Shak.
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They say that women are so quick. --Tennyson.
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7. Pregnant; with child. --Shak.
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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.
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Syn: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready;
active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively;
sprightly.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Quick \Quick\, v. t. & i. [See Quicken.]
To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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Quick \Quick\, adv.
In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste;
speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.
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If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind
are performed. -- Locke.
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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.
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The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick.
--Evelyn.
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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.
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This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick.
--Latimer.
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How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when
they come to the quick of the difference ! --Fuller.
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3. (Bot.) Quitch grass. --Tennyson.
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quick
adj 1: 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: speedy]
2: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying
glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
[syn: flying, fast]
3: 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, spry]
4: apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a
quick mind"; "a ready wit" [syn: ready]
5: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my
letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a
straightaway denial" [syn: immediate, prompt, straightaway]
6: easily aroused or excited; "a quick temper"; "a warm temper"
[syn: warm]
n : any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as
the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
adv : with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived
promptly"; "come here, quick!" [syn: promptly, quickly]
WordNet (r) 2.0
356 Moby Thesaurus words for "quick":
Daedalian, 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, 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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
QUICK
An early system on the IBM 701.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
(1995-05-11)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
Quick, WV
Zip code(s): 25045
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
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