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Quick   /kwɪk/   Listen
adjective
Quick  adj.  (compar. quicker; superl. quickest)  
1.
Alive; living; animate; opposed to dead or inanimate. "Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were." "The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom." "Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire." 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."
3.
Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. "Oft he to her his charge of quick return Repeated."
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."
5.
Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. "The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens the stomach."
6.
Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. "To have an open ear, a quick eye." "They say that women are so quick."
7.
Pregnant; with child.
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.
Synonyms: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly.


adverb
Quick  adv.  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."


noun
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."
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." "How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference!"
3.
(Bot.) Quitch grass.


verb
Quick  v. t. & v. i.  To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. (Obs.)





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"Quick" Quotes from Famous Books



... troops he must discover a perfect knowledge of his profession, and make all his arrangements with accuracy and dispatch. His order of battle must be simple and unconfused, and the execution of his plan be as quick as if it merely consisted in uttering some few words of command; as, the first line will attack! the second will support it! or, such a battalion will advance and ...
— Elements of Military Art and Science • Henry Wager Halleck
... was frivolous, expensive, and disgraceful to our nation beyond conception; for, tho' Shirley was not a bred soldier, he was sensible and sagacious in himself, and attentive to good advice from others, capable of forming judicious plans, and quick and active in carrying them into execution. Loudoun, instead of defending the colonies with his great army, left them totally expos'd while he paraded idly at Halifax, by which means Fort George was lost, besides, he derang'd all our mercantile operations, and distress'd our trade, ...
— Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin • Benjamin Franklin
... he became aware that feeding time was already considerably past, for he regarded the horses under his care with great affection. He therefore called up the stable guards and hurried them with a "Quick, now, you lazybones!" The fodder wagon was loaded with oats and chopped straw and then pushed into the main aisle of the stable. The creaking of this vehicle was for the horses the most joyful music every day. As soon as the sound struck ...
— A Little Garrison - A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day • Fritz von der Kyrburg
... needn't think shame o' that," went on Jack, quick to perceive that the joke was not appreciated. "If ye burnt the rick itself, there's nobody hereabouts but 'ud say ye done right. But your father's breaking his heart now bekase the loss o' the rick 'ull be out ...
— North, South and Over the Sea • M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell)
... from the EFFECTS of metre. As far as metre acts in and for itself, it tends to increase the vivacity and susceptibility both of the general feelings and of the attention. This effect it produces by the continued excitement of surprise, and by the quick reciprocations of curiosity still gratified and still re-excited, which are too slight indeed to be at any one moment objects of distinct consciousness, yet become considerable in their aggregate influence. ...
— English Critical Essays - Nineteenth Century • Various


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