Quick(adv.) In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.
Quick(n.) That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge.
Quick(n.) 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.
Quick(n.) Quitch grass.
Quick(superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.
Quick(superl.) Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready.
Quick(superl.) Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
Quick(superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
Quick(superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
Quick(superl.) Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear.
Quick(superl.) Pregnant; with child.
Quick(v. t. & i.) To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive.
Quickly(adv.) Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.
Quickness(n.) The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
Quickness(n.) Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit.
Quickness(n.) Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
Quickness(n.) Sharpness; pungency of taste.
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