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Pronunciation
IPA|/kwɪk/
audio|en-us-quick.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪk|-ɪk

Etymology
Old English term|cwic||alive, from Germanic *term||kwikwa-, from PIE. *term||gʷih�u̯os|alive, from *term||gʷei-|to live. Cognate with Dutch term|kwiek, German term|keck, Swedish term|kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Greek term|scGrek|βίο�|trvíos, Latin term|vivus, Lithuanian term|gývas, Latvian term|dzivs, Russian term|scCyrl|живой|trživoj, Irish term|biathaim||nourish.

Adjective
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1. Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.

#: I ran to the station � but I wasn't quick enough.
#: He's a quick runner.

1. Occuring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.

#: That was a quick meal.

1. Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.

#: You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.

1. Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.

#: My father is old but he still has a quick wit.

1. Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
2. archaic Alive, living.

#: The quick and the dead.

1. archaic pregnant|Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.

#: She was quick with child.

1. Of water: flowing.
2. Burning, flammable, fiery.

Synonyms
sense|moving with speed fast, speedy, rapid, swift

Antonyms
sense|moving with speed slow

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Translations
trans-top|moving with speed
Arabic: ARchar|سر�ع IPAchar|(sarī�)
Chinese: 快 (kuài)
Dutch: snel, vlug, rap
Finnish: nopea, vikkelä
French: rapide
German: schnell, geschwind, rasch
Hungarian: gyors
Icelandic: fljótur
Italian: rapido
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Japanese: ��, ��� (hayai)
Korean: 빠른 (ppareun)
Kurdish: KUchar|گ�رج
Norwegian: rask, kvikk
Portuguese: rápido, ligeiro
Russian: б�����й (býstryj)
Spanish: rápido
Swedish: snabb c snabbt n, rapp c rappt n
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trans-top|occurring in a short time
Dutch: snel, vlug, rap, haastig
Finnish: nopea, pikainen
Japanese: ��, ��� (hayai)
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Korean: 빠르� (ppareuda)
Norwegian: rask, kvikk
Portuguese: rápido, ligeiro
Swedish: snabb c snabbt n, kvick c kvickt n, rapp c rappt n, hastig c hastigt n
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trans-top|lively, witty
Finnish: sukkela, nokkela
Norwegian: kvikk
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Portuguese: rápido, ligeiro
Swedish: snabb c snabbt n, kvick c kvickt n
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trans-top|mentally agile, perceptive
Finnish: nopeaälyinen, nokkela
German: schnell von Begriff
Korean: 빠르� (ppareuda)
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Norwegian: kvikk
Portuguese: rápido, ligeiro
Swedish: kvick c kvickt n
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trans-top|easily aroused to anger
Finnish: äkkipikainen
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trans-top|alive
Finnish: elävä
German: quicklebendig
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Norwegian: frisk og rask (literally healthy and quick))
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trans-top|pregnant
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trans-top|flowing
Finnish: virtaava
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trans-top|burning, fiery
Finnish: herkkä|herkästi syttyvä
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Bulgarian: б��з m
ttbc|Ido: rapida
ttbc|Interlingua: rapide
ttbc|Italian: svelto, rapido
ttbc|Romanian: rapid m, rapid� f, iute m, f
ttbc|Telugu: త�వర�ా (tvaragaa)
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Adverb
en-adv|er

1. colloquial quickly

#: get rich quick
#: come here, quick!

Noun
en-noun

1. raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

Related terms
cut to the quick Literally, to cut or clip fingernails or toenails short and close to the quick, increasing sensitivity and/or causing pain and/or drawing blood. Figuratively, to cut it close, to leave a narrow margin, to leave little room for escape, to run a risk, etc.

Translations
trans-top|sensitive flesh
Dutch: levend vlees
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References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

Category:1000 English basic words

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