From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
quick
adj 1: 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"
[syn: speedy]
2: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying
glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
[syn: flying, fast]
3: 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" [syn: agile, nimble, spry]
4: apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a
quick mind"; "a ready wit" [syn: ready]
5: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my
letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a
straightaway denial" [syn: immediate, prompt,
straightaway]
6: easily aroused or excited; "a quick temper"; "a warm temper"
[syn: warm]
n : any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as
the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
adv : with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived
promptly"; "come here, quick!" [syn: promptly,
quickly]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Quick \Quick\, a. [Compar. Quicker; superl. Quickest.] [As.
cwic, cwicu, cwucu, cucu, living; akin to OS. quik, D. kwik,
OHG. quec, chec, G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living,
Goth. qius, Lith. q[=y]vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living,
vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. j[imac]va living,
j[imac]v to live. Cf. Biography, Vivid, Quitch grass,
Whitlow.]
1. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or
inanimate.
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Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. --Chaucer.
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The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and
the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. --2 Tim.
iv. 1.
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Man is no star, but a quick coal
Of mortal fire. -- Herbert.
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Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in
some compounds, or in particular phrases.
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2. Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly;
agile; brisk; ready. " A quick wit." --Shak.
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3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
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Oft he to her his charge of quick return
Repeated. --Milton.
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4. Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp;
unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
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The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and
signified that he was much offended. -- Latimer.
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5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
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The air is quick there,
And it pierces and sharpens the stomach. -- Shak.
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6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick
ear. "To have an open ear, a quick eye." --Shak.
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They say that women are so quick. --Tennyson.
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7. Pregnant; with child. --Shak.
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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.
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Syn: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready;
active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively;
sprightly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Quick \Quick\, v. t. & i. [See Quicken.]
To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Quick \Quick\, adv.
In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste;
speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.
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If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind
are performed. -- Locke.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Quick \Quick\, n.
1. That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant;
especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a
living hedge.
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The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick.
--Evelyn.
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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.
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This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick.
--Latimer.
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How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when
they come to the quick of the difference ! --Fuller.
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3. (Bot.) Quitch grass. --Tennyson.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
QUICK
<language> An early system on the IBM 701.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
(1995-05-11)