quick

quick · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Moving fast or doing something in a short time.

  2. 2.

    Lasting or taking a short time.

  3. 3.

    Prompt to understand, think, or learn.

  4. 4.

    (Of a person's temper) Easily aroused.

  5. 5.

    At a fast rate; quickly.

  6. 6.

    (The quick) The soft, sensitive flesh below the nails.

  7. 7.

    (The quick) (Archaic) Living people.

Phrases & expressions

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    quick fix — A hasty solution that may not be permanent.
  • •
    quick-witted — Able to think quickly.
  • •
    quick on the uptake — Fast to understand.
  • •
    cut to the quick — Deeply hurt someone's feelings.
  • •
    quick and dirty — Done hastily without careful planning.
  • •
    the quick and the dead — The living and the dead.

Related words

Antonyms: slow, sluggish
See also: fast, quickly, rapid, slow
Synonyms: fast, rapid, speedy, swift

Etymology

From Old English cwic ("alive, living"), from Proto-Germanic kwikwaz ("alive").