[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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=yvas, russ. zhivoi, l. vivus living,
   vivere to live, gr. bi`os life, skr. jimacva living,
   jimacv to live. cf. biography, vivid, quitch grass,
   whitlow.
   1. alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or
      inanimate.
      1913 webster

            not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            the lord jesus christ, who shall judge the quick and
            the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. --2 tim.
                                                  iv. 1.
      1913 webster

            man is no star, but a quick coal
            of mortal fire.                       -- herbert.
      1913 webster

   note: in this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in
         some compounds, or in particular phrases.
         1913 webster

   2. characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly;
      agile; brisk; ready. " a quick wit." --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
      1913 webster

            oft he to her his charge of quick return
            repeated.                             --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp;
      unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
      1913 webster

            the bishop was somewhat quick with them, and
            signified that he was much offended.  -- latimer.
      1913 webster

   5. fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
      1913 webster

            the air is quick there,
            and it pierces and sharpens the stomach. -- shak.
      1913 webster

   6. sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick
      ear. "to have an open ear, a quick eye." --shak.
      1913 webster

            they say that women are so quick.     --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   7. pregnant; with child. --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   syn: speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready;
        active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively;
        sprightly.
        1913 webster
see also:
quicker quickest biography vivid quitch grass whitlow 
dead inanimate quick grass quick match match 
quick vein quick vinegar quick water quick with child 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quick \quick\, v. t.  i. see quicken.
   to revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. obs.
   --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
quicken 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quick \quick\, adv.
   in a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste;
   speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.
   1913 webster

         if we consider how very quick the actions of the mind
         are performed.                           -- locke.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

            the works . . . are curiously hedged with quick.
                                                  --evelyn.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            this test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick.
                                                  --latimer.
      1913 webster

            how feebly and unlike themselves they reason when
            they come to the quick of the difference  --fuller.
      1913 webster

   3. bot. quitch grass. --tennyson.
      1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
speedy flying fast agile nimble spry 
ready immediate prompt straightaway warm 
promptly quickly 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

356 moby thesaurus words for "quick":
   daedalian, able, aboveground, abrupt, acquiescent, acute, adept,
   adroit, agile, agog, agreeable, alacritous, alert, alive,
   alive and kicking, all agog, amain, amenable, among the living,
   animate, animated, anxious, apace, apt, ardent, artistic, astute,
   at flank speed, attentive, authoritative, avid, awake, bosom,
   brainy, bravura, breakneck, breast, breathing, breathless, brief,
   bright, brilliant, brisk, bursting to, canny, capable,
   capable of life, center of life, clean, clever, combustible,
   cometary, competent, compliant, conscious, consenting, content,
   cooperative, coordinated, core, crack, crackerjack, cunning,
   cursory, cute, daedal, dashing, decisive, deft, desirous,
   dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, discerning, dispatchful, disposed,
   docile, double-quick, eager, eagle-winged, educable, effective,
   effectual, electrifying, endowed with life, energetic, enlivened,
   enthusiastic, esoteric reality, excellent, excitable, existent,
   expeditious, expeditiously, expert, explosive, exposed nerve,
   express, facile, fain, fancy, fast, favorable, favorably disposed,
   favorably inclined, festinate, feverish, fiery, flashing, flat-out,
   fleet, flickering, flying, formable, forward, full of life,
   furious, galloping, game, gifted, good, goodish, graceful,
   hair-trigger, hand over fist, hand over hand, handy, hastily,
   hasty, headlong, heart, heart of hearts, hell for leather,
   hell-bent, hell-bent for election, hep, hot, hot-tempered,
   hotheaded, hurried, hustling, immediate, impatient, impetuous,
   impressionable, impulsive, in double time, in double-quick time,
   in high, in high gear, in seven-league boots, in the flesh,
   in the mind, in the mood, inclined, ingenious, inmost heart,
   inmost soul, inner man, inner nature, inside, inspirited, instant,
   instantaneous, instinct with life, instructable, intelligent,
   irascible, irritable, keen, keen-witted, knowing, last-minute,
   lickety-cut, lickety-split, light of heel, light-footed, live,
   lively, living, long-lived, magisterial, malleable, masterful,
   masterly, mercurial, meteoric, minded, moldable, motivated, neat,
   nerve center, nerve ending, nerve-shattering, nimble,
   nimble-footed, nimble-witted, no dumbbell, no mean,
   not born yesterday, on the, on the alert, on the ball,
   on the double, on the job, on the spot, overhasty, panting,
   passing, passionate, peppery, perceptive, perfunctory,
   perspicacious, petulant, pith, plastic, pliable, pliant, politic,
   post, posthaste, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous,
   predisposed, professional, proficient, prompt, promptly, prone,
   punctual, qui vive, quick as lightning, quick as thought,
   quick-tempered, quick-thinking, quick-witted, quickly, quite some,
   rapid, rapidly, raring to, rash, raw, raw nerve, ready,
   ready and willing, receptive, reckless, resourceful, responsive,
   ripe for instruction, root, running, schoolable, scintillating,
   secret heart, sharp, sharp-witted, shocking, short,
   short and sweet, short-tempered, short-term, short-termed, shrewd,
   skillful, slap-bang, slapdash, sleepless, slick, smart, snap,
   snappily, snappy, soft spot, some, sore point, sore spot, soul,
   spanking, speedily, speedy, spirit, spirited, spry, spunky,
   startling, statesmanlike, steel-trap, stylish, sudden, summary,
   superficial, surprising, susceptible, swift, swiftly, tactful,
   talented, teachable, tenacious of life, tender spot, testy,
   the compleat, the complete, the quick, thirsty for knowledge,
   timely, touchy, tractable, trainable, trippingly, true being,
   true inwardness, unanticipated, unblinking, under forced draft,
   unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unnodding, unpredicted,
   unsleeping, unwinking, urgent, very much alive, viable, vigorous,
   virtuoso, vital, vital principle, vitals, vivacious, vivid,
   vivified, volcanic, wakeful, well-disposed, well-done,
   well-inclined, whip and spur, wide-awake, willed, willing,
   willinghearted, winged, with all haste, with giant strides,
   with rapid strides, with speed, workmanlike, zealous, zestful,
   zoetic

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

quick
     
         an early system on the ibm 701.
     
        listed in cacm 25:16 may 1959.
     
        1995-05-11
     
     
see also:
ibm 701 

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

quick, wv
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