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Quick

noun
/kwɪk/
Word Frequency: 29.0

Definitions

1.nounRaw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
2.nounPlants used in making a quickset hedge
3.nounThe life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
4.nounQuitchgrass.
5.nounA fast bowler.
6.verbTo amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
7.verbTo quicken.
8.adjectiveMoving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
"He's a quick runner."
9.adjectiveOccurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
"That was a quick meal."
10.adjectiveLively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
"You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics."
11.adjectiveMentally agile, alert, perceptive.
"My father is old but he still has a quick wit."
12.adjectiveOf temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
"He is wont to be rather quick of temper when tired."
13.adjectiveAlive, living.
14.adjectivePregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
15.adjectiveOf water: flowing.
16.adjectiveBurning, flammable, fiery.
17.adjectiveFresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
18.adjective(of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren
19.adverbQuickly, in a quick manner.
"Come here, quick!"

Synonyms

extantlivevitalhotheadedrattishshort-temperedsnippishsnippybrightdrollkeenfluent

Antonyms

slow

Rhymes With

thicksickprickslickflickstickwickdick
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