quick
//kwɪk//
Forms
- Comparative
- quicker
- Superlative
- quickest
- Comparative
- quicker
- Superlative
- quickest
- Plural
- quicks
Definitions
1.Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
- I ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough.
- The quickest and nimblest were probably the oxycones, throwing themselves through the water like discuses.
2.Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
- That was a quick meal.
3.Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
- You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.
4.Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
- My father is old but he still has a quick wit.
1.Answer quickly.
- Quick, how do you spell 'Krabs'?
2.Quickly, in a quick manner.
- If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed.
1.Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
2.Plants used in making a quickset hedge
- The works […] are curiously hedged with quick.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1272
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English quik, quic (“living, alive, active”), from Old English cwic (“alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku (“alive, lively quick”), from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (“alive, lively, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), *gʷeyh₃w- (“to live”). For semantic development, compare lively.