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Quick
English
Pronunciation
kwik
Etymology
Old English cwic(u) alive, from Germanic
Adjective
quick (quicker , quickest )
- Covering a distance in a short time
- usage example - The express train to Newcastle is very quick
- Synonyms - fast, speedy , rapid, swift
- Antonyms - slow
- Complete an action in a short time from beginning.
- usage example - you were quick getting here
- Synonyms - prompt
- Taking place over a short time.
- usage example - that was a quick meal
- Fast thinking, quick-witted, intelligent, lively
- usage example - You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics
- (of temper) - easily aroused to anger, quick-tempered
- (archaic) Alive (origin of quicklime, quicksand and quicksilver).
- usage example - the quick and the dead
Translations
- Bulgarian: бърз m
- Dutch: snel , vlug , rap, kwiek ??, gezwind , gauw , haastig
- Finnish: nopea
- French: vite, rapide
- German: schnell, geschwindig
- Ido: rapida
- Interlingua: rapide
- Italian: svelto , rapido
- Portuguese: rápido , ligeiro
- Romanian: rapid m, rapidă f, iute m, f
- Spanish: rapido
Related terms
Adverb
quick
Adverb only in colloquial expressions like get rich quick and Come here, quick!
Noun
quick
- The part of the finger or toe underneath where the nail is attached.
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