quick
Noun · Adjective · AdverbWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
Adjective (6)
- accomplished rapidly and without delay“was quick to make friends”“his quick reaction prevented an accident”“hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem”“a speedy recovery”“he has a right to a speedy trial”Synonyms: speedy
- hurried and brief“paid a flying visit”“took a flying glance at the book”“a quick inspection”“a fast visit”Synonyms: flyingfast
- moving quickly and lightly“sleek and agile as a gymnast”“as nimble as a deer”“nimble fingers”“quick of foot”“the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it”Synonyms: agilenimblespry
- apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity“a quick mind”“a ready wit”Synonyms: ready
- performed with little or no delay“an immediate reply to my letter”“a prompt reply”“was quick to respond”“a straightaway denial”Synonyms: immediatepromptstraightaway
- easily aroused or excited“a quick temper”“a warm temper”Synonyms: warm
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. [1913 Webster]
Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom.— 2 Tim. iv. 1.[1913 Webster]
Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire.— Herbert.[1913 Webster]
Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in some compounds, or in particular phrases. [1913 Webster]
2.Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. " A quick wit." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3.Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. [1913 Webster]
Oft he to her his charge of quick return Repeated.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
4.Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. [1913 Webster]
The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended.— Latimer.[1913 Webster]
5.Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. [1913 Webster]
The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens the stomach.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
6.Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. "To have an open ear, a quick eye." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
They say that women are so quick.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
7.Pregnant; with child. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Quick grass. (Bot.) See Quitch grass.
Quick match. See under Match.
Quick vein (Mining), a vein of ore which is productive, not barren.
Quick vinegar, vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous material.
Quick water, quicksilver water.
Quick with child, pregnant with a living child. [1913 Webster]
Syn: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly. [1913 Webster]
If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed. -- Locke. [1913 Webster]
1.That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. [1913 Webster]
The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick.— Evelyn.[1913 Webster]
2.The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. [1913 Webster]
This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick.— Latimer.[1913 Webster]
How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference !— Fuller.[1913 Webster]
3.(Bot.) Quitch grass. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<language> An early system on the IBM 701.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
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