quick

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/kwɪk/

adj 5noun 5adv 2verb 2name 1

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

be, seem

The service at that restaurant seems quick even when they're busy.

become, get

ADV

extremely, particularly, really, very

She was extremely quick to answer all the questions during the exam.

fairly, pretty, quite, reasonably, relatively | amazingly, remarkably, surprisingly

mercifully

The doctor said the treatment would be mercifully quick, lasting only a few minutes.

PREP

Sarah became quick at learning new languages after she started studying abroad.

PHRASES

quick and easy

Making pasta for dinner is quick and easy when you don't have much time.

Definitions

adj

Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.

I ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough.

He's a quick runner.

Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.

That was a quick meal.

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 or quicker kill animations,” she said, referring to in-game advantages.

Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.

You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.

Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.

My father is old but he still has a quick wit.

Easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.

She has a very quick temper.

He is wont to be rather quick of temper when tired.

adv

Quickly, in a quick manner.

Get rich quick.

Come here, quick!

Answer quickly.

Quick, how do you spell 'Krabs'?

noun

Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

Plants used in making a quickset hedge

The works […] are curiously hedged with quick.

The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.

This test nippeth, […] this toucheth the quick.

How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference!

Synonym of living (“those who are alive”).

the quick and the dead

Quitchgrass.

Wild bird, whose warble, liquid sweet, Rings Eden thro' the budded quicks

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — moving quickly and lightly

adjective — easily aroused or excited

warm

adjective — performed with little or no delay

adjective — accomplished rapidly and without delay

speedy

adjective — hurried and brief

adjective — apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

ready

adverb — with little or no delay

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

make quick work of

To accomplish a specified task easily and quickly.

The cupbearers made quick work of the after-dinner cleanup chores.

quick on the uptake

Able to readily understand things; aware and intelligent.

quick study

One who is capable of learning at a fast pace; a fast learner.

Gilpatric assumed that his own prior experience would give him an early advantage over McNamara, but this proved erroneous, as McNamara was a quick study and soon got a fix on the

quick as a flash

Extremely quick.

quick on one's feet

sharp-witted.

Example Bank

I ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough.

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He's a quick runner.

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The quickest and nimblest were probably the oxycones, throwing themselves through the water like discuses.

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Get rich quick.

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Come here, quick!

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If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, quick is marked as archaic, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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