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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishquik,quic, fromOld Englishcwic(“alive”), fromProto-West Germanic*kwiku, fromProto-Germanic*kwikwaz, fromProto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós(“alive”), from*gʷeyh₃-(“to live”),*gʷeyh₃w-(“to live”).

Cognate withDutchkwik,kwiek,Germankeck,Danishkvik(“quick, quick-witted”) andDanishkæk(“bold; spirited”),Swedishkvick; and (from Indo-European) withAncient Greekβίος(bíos,“life”),Latinvivus,Lithuaniangývas(“alive”),Latviandzīvs(“alive”),Russianживо́й(živój),Polishżywy(“alive”),Welshbyw(“alive”),Irishbeo(“alive”),biathaigh(“feed”),Northern Kurdishjîn(“to live”),jiyan(“life”),giyan(“soul”),can(“soul”),Sanskritजीव(jīva,“living”),Albaniannxit(“to urge, stimulate”).Doublet ofjiva.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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quick (comparativequickerormorequick,superlativequickestormostquick)

  1. Moving withspeed,rapidity orswiftness, or capable of doing so;rapid;fast.
    I ran to the station – but I wasn'tquick enough.
    He's aquick runner.
    • 2017, Danna Staaf,Squid Empire, ForeEdge,→ISBN, page87:
      Thequickest and nimblest were probably the oxycones, throwing themselves through the water like discuses.
  2. Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
    Synonym:ready
    That was aquick meal.
    • 2023 December 27, Zachary Small, “Video Games Let Them Choose a Role. Their Transgender Identities Flourished.”, inThe New York Times‎[1]:
      Veronica Ripley, 32, often speaks to friends about the role that video games played in her trans awakening: “I would try to explain it away, saying that I was playing the girl character because she had a smaller hitbox orquicker kill animations,” she said, referring to in-game advantages.
  3. Lively, fast-thinking,witty,intelligent.
    You have to be veryquick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.
  4. Mentallyagile,alert,perceptive.
    My father is old but he still has aquick wit.
  5. (of people or tempers) Easilyaroused toanger;quick-tempered.
    She has a veryquick temper.
    He is wont to be ratherquick of temper when tired.
    • 1549,Hugh Latimer,The Sixth Sermon Preached Before King Edward, April 6 1549:
      The bishop was somewhatquick with them, and signified that he was much offended.
  7. (archaic)Alive,living.
  8. (archaic, of a foetus) At the stage where it can be felt to move in theuterus.
    • (Can wedate this quote?) Section 316,Penal Code (Cap. 224, 2008 Ed.) (Singapore)
      Whoever does any act under such circumstances that if he thereby caused death he would be guilty of culpable homicide, and does by such act cause the death of aquick unborn child, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
  9. (now rare, archaic)Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
    • c.1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene ii]:
      she'squick; the child brags in her belly already: tis yours
    • 1941,Theodore Roethke, “Death Piece”, inOpen House, New York, N.Y.:Alfred A[braham] Knopf,→OCLC; republished inThe Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London:Faber and Faber […],1968,→OCLC,page 4:
      Invention sleeps within a skull
      No longerquick with light,
      The hive that hummed in every cell
      Is now sealed honey-tight.
    • 2012,Jerry White,London in the Eighteenth Century, Bodley Head, published2017, page385:
      When sentenced she sought to avoid hanging by declaring herself with child – ironically, given her favourite deception – but a ‘jury of Matrons’ found her notquick.
  10. (archaic, of water)Flowing, notstagnant.
  11. (archaic)Burning,flammable,fiery.
  12. (obsolete)Fresh;bracing;sharp;keen.
  13. (mining, of avein ofore)productive; not "dead" orbarren
  14. (crosswording) Notcryptic.
  15. Being a distinctivelysensitive kind ofglaciomarineclay that may behave like a watery fluid under stress.
    • 2022, Anna Bondo Medhus, ‎Lone Klinkby,Engineering Geophysics (page 227)
      Note thatquick clay is a subet of brittle material; allquick clay is brittle, but not all brittle clay isquick.) Glaciomarine clay turns intoquick clay after extensive pore water leaching by ground- and rainwater.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of“moving with speed”):slow
  • (antonym(s) of“alive”):dead

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Translations

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moving with speed
occurring in a short time
lively, witty
mentally agile, perceptive
easily aroused to anger
alive
pregnant
flowing
burning, fiery
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Adverb

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quick (comparativequicker,superlativequickest)

  1. Quickly, in aquick manner.
    Get richquick.
    Come here,quick!
  2. Answer quickly.

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Translations

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with speed

Noun

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quick (pluralquicks)

  1. Raw orsensitiveflesh, especially thatunderneathfinger andtoenails.
  2. Plants used in making aquicksethedge
    • 1641,John Evelyn,diary entry September 1641:
      The works[…] are curiously hedged withquick.
  3. Thelife; themortal point; avital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
    • 1550,Hugh Latimer,Sermon Preached at Stamford, 9 October 1550:
      This test nippeth,[…] this toucheth thequick.
    • 1655,Thomas Fuller,The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […],→OCLC,(please specify |book=I to XI):
      How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to thequick of the difference!
    • 1941,Theodore Roethke, “Prognosis”, inOpen House, New York, N.Y.:Alfred A[braham] Knopf,→OCLC; republished inThe Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London:Faber and Faber […],1968,→OCLC,page 5:
      O see the fate of him whose guard was lowered!—
      A single misstep and we leave thequick.
  4. (with "the", archaic)Synonym ofliving(“those who are alive”).
    Antonyms:dead;(polite)deceased,departed
    the quick and the dead
  5. Quitchgrass.
  6. (cricket) Afast bowler.

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Translations

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sensitive flesh

Verb

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quick (third-person singular simple presentquicks,present participlequicking,simple past and past participlequicked)

  1. (transitive) Toamalgamatesurfaces prior togilding orsilvering by dipping them into asolution ofmercury innitric acid.
  2. (transitive, archaic, poetic) Toquicken.
    • 1917,Thomas Hardy,At the Word ‘Farewell’:
      I rose as ifquicked by a spur I was bound to obey.

References

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French

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Etymology

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FromEnglish.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quick m (pluralquicks)

  1. quick waltz

See also

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle Low Germanquick, fromOld Saxonquik, fromProto-West Germanic*kwiku, fromProto-Germanic*kwikwaz; also aCentral Franconian form.Doublet ofkeck, which see for more.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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quick (strong nominative masculine singularquicker,comparativequicker,superlativeamquicksten)

  1. (rather rare, dated)lively
    • 1896,Theodor Fontane,Effi Briest‎[2], Berlin: F. Fontane & Co.:
      »Eine hübsche Person«, sagte die Zwicker. »Und soquick und kasch, und ich möchte fast sagen, von einer natürlichen Anmut. Wissen Sie, liebe Baronin, daß mich diese Afra…
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1899,Theodor Fontane, chapter12, inDer Stechlin:
      Die Wirtin des Hauses, Frau Hagelversicherungssekretär Schickedanz, hätte diesen gelegentlichen Aufenthalt der Nichte Hartwigs eigentlich beanstanden müssen, ließ es aber gehen, weil Hedwig ein heiteres,quickes und sehr anstelliges Ding war und manches besaß, was die Schickedanz mit der Ungehörigkeit des ewigen Dienstwechsels wieder aussöhnte.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

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  • Much more common than the simplex is the pleonastic compoundquicklebendig.

Declension

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Positive forms ofquick
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristquicksieistquickesistquicksiesindquick
strong declension
(without article)		nominativequickerquickequickesquicke
genitivequickenquickerquickenquicker
dativequickemquickerquickemquicken
accusativequickenquickequickesquicke
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativederquickediequickedasquickediequicken
genitivedesquickenderquickendesquickenderquicken
dativedemquickenderquickendemquickendenquicken
accusativedenquickendiequickedasquickediequicken
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeinquickereinequickeeinquickes(keine)quicken
genitiveeinesquickeneinerquickeneinesquicken(keiner)quicken
dativeeinemquickeneinerquickeneinemquicken(keinen)quicken
accusativeeinenquickeneinequickeeinquickes(keine)quicken
Comparative forms ofquick
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristquickersieistquickeresistquickersiesindquicker
strong declension
(without article)		nominativequickererquickerequickeresquickere
genitivequickerenquickererquickerenquickerer
dativequickeremquickererquickeremquickeren
accusativequickerenquickerequickeresquickere
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativederquickerediequickeredasquickerediequickeren
genitivedesquickerenderquickerendesquickerenderquickeren
dativedemquickerenderquickerendemquickerendenquickeren
accusativedenquickerendiequickeredasquickerediequickeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeinquickerereinequickereeinquickeres(keine)quickeren
genitiveeinesquickereneinerquickereneinesquickeren(keiner)quickeren
dativeeinemquickereneinerquickereneinemquickeren(keinen)quickeren
accusativeeinenquickereneinequickereeinquickeres(keine)quickeren
Superlative forms ofquick
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristamquickstensieistamquickstenesistamquickstensiesindamquicksten
strong declension
(without article)		nominativequicksterquickstequickstesquickste
genitivequickstenquicksterquickstenquickster
dativequickstemquicksterquickstemquicksten
accusativequickstenquickstequickstesquickste
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativederquickstediequickstedasquickstediequicksten
genitivedesquickstenderquickstendesquickstenderquicksten
dativedemquickstenderquickstendemquickstendenquicksten
accusativedenquickstendiequickstedasquickstediequicksten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeinquickstereinequicksteeinquickstes(keine)quicksten
genitiveeinesquicksteneinerquicksteneinesquicksten(keiner)quicksten
dativeeinemquicksteneinerquicksteneinemquicksten(keinen)quicksten
accusativeeinenquicksteneinequicksteeinquickstes(keine)quicksten

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