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quick

adjective · adverb · noun · verb

Simple meaning

Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so.

Pronunciation

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kwik
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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈkwɪk

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

adjective

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

  2. Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.

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

  4. of people or tempers

    Easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.

  5. Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.

  6. Being a distinctively sensitive kind of glaciomarine clay that may behave like a watery fluid under stress.

adverb

  1. Quickly, in a quick manner.

  2. Answer quickly.

noun

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

  2. The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.

  3. Quitchgrass.

  4. Plants used in making a quickset hedge

verb

  1. transitive

    To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A1 · Beginner
Frequency
Very Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.

Used this way, quick is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

Stage / pregnant

quick movement

Occurring

quick successionquick action

Other combinations

quick referencequick responsequick accessquick eyequick decision

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • quickeradverbInflected form

    More quickly.

  • quickestadverbInflected form

    Most quickly.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • quicknessnounDerived noun · specialist

    Skillful performance or ability without difficulty.

  • quicklyadverbDerived adverb

    With speed.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • quick timenounCompound term

    A normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute.

  • quick tempernounCompound term

    A feeling of resentful anger.

  • quick studynounCompound term

    Someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily.

  • quick marchnounCompound term

    Marching at quick time.

  • quick grassnounCompound term

    European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes.

  • quick-freezeverbCompound term

    Freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors.

Related Words

Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.

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Synonyms

adjective

Sense: moving with speed or rapidity or swiftness

flyingspeedy

adverb

Sense: quickly or in a quick manner

fastpromptlystraightaway

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