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quick adj (quicker, quickest) 1 taking little time. 2 brief. 3 fast; rapid; speedy. 4 not delayed; immediate. 5 intelligent; alert; sharp. 6 said of the temper: easily roused to anger. 7 nimble, deft or brisk. 8 not reluctant or slow (to do something); apt, eager or ready • quick to take offence. adverb, informal rapidly. noun 1 an area of sensitive flesh, especially at the base of the fingernail or toenail. 2 the site where someone's emotions or feelings, etc are supposed to be located • Her words wounded him to the quick. 3 (usually the quick) old use those who are alive • the quick and the dead. quickly adverb. quickness noun. be quick to act immediately. be quick off the mark to act promptly. be quick on the draw 1 to react or respond, etc promptly. 2 to pull a gun from its holster quickly.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon cwic alive.
quick adj (quicker, quickest) 1 taking little time. 2 brief. 3 fast; rapid; speedy. 4 not delayed; immediate. 5 intelligent; alert; sharp. 6 said of the temper: easily roused to anger. 7 nimble, deft or brisk. 8 not reluctant or slow (to do something); apt, eager or ready • quick to take offence. adverb, informal rapidly. noun 1 an area of sensitive flesh, especially at the base of the fingernail or toenail. 2 the site where someone's emotions or feelings, etc are supposed to be located • Her words wounded him to the quick. 3 (usually the quick) old use those who are alive • the quick and the dead. quickly adverb. quickness noun. be quick to act immediately. be quick off the mark to act promptly. be quick on the draw 1 to react or respond, etc promptly. 2 to pull a gun from its holster quickly.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon cwic alive.
quick adj (quicker, quickest) 1 taking little time. 2 brief. 3 fast; rapid; speedy. 4 not delayed; immediate. 5 intelligent; alert; sharp. 6 said of the temper: easily roused to anger. 7 nimble, deft or brisk. 8 not reluctant or slow (to do something); apt, eager or ready • quick to take offence. adverb, informal rapidly. noun 1 an area of sensitive flesh, especially at the base of the fingernail or toenail. 2 the site where someone's emotions or feelings, etc are supposed to be located • Her words wounded him to the quick. 3 (usually the quick) old use those who are alive • the quick and the dead. quickly adverb. quickness noun. be quick to act immediately. be quick off the mark to act promptly. be quick on the draw 1 to react or respond, etc promptly. 2 to pull a gun from its holster quickly.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon cwic alive.
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