quick
/kwɪk/
noun/kwɪk/
/kwɪk/
Meaning
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Meaning 1 · noun
Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
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Meaning 2 · noun
Plants used in making a quickset hedge
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Meaning 3 · noun
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
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Meaning 4 · noun
Quitchgrass.
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Meaning 5 · noun
A fast bowler.
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Meaning 6 · verb
To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
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Meaning 7 · verb
To quicken.
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Meaning 8 · adjective
Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
“He's a quick runner.”
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Meaning 9 · adjective
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
“That was a quick meal.”
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Meaning 10 · adjective
Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
“You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.”
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Meaning 11 · adjective
Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
“My father is old but he still has a quick wit.”
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Meaning 12 · adjective
Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
“He is wont to be rather quick of temper when tired.”
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Meaning 13 · adjective
Alive, living.
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Meaning 14 · adjective
Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
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Meaning 15 · adjective
Of water: flowing.
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Meaning 16 · adjective
Burning, flammable, fiery.
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Meaning 17 · adjective
Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
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Meaning 18 · adjective
(of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren
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Meaning 19 · adverb
Quickly, in a quick manner.
“Come here, quick!”
How this word is used
- Everyday “He's a quick runner.”
- General “That was a quick meal.”
- General “You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.”
- General “My father is old but he still has a quick wit.”
- General “He is wont to be rather quick of temper when tired.”
- Everyday “Come here, quick!”
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