English-Thai Dictionary
quick
ADJ ฉลาด เร็ว astute intelligent cha-lad
quick
ADJ ทันทีทันใด prompt instantaneous immediate tan-te-tan-dai
quick
ADJ รวดเร็ว fast swift fleet ruad-reo
quick
ADJ ี ที่ ว่องไว active hasty nimble speedy ti-wong-wai
quick
ADJ ี ที่ เข้าใจง่าย ti-kao-jai-ngai
quick
ADJ ี ที่ แหลมคม ti-leam-kom
quick
ADJ ี รีบร้อน impetuous mercurial rib-ron
quick
ADV โดยเร็ว อย่างเร็ว อย่างรวดเร็ว doi-reol
quick
N คนที่ ยัง มีชีวิต อยู่ kon-ti-yang-me-che-wid-yu
quick
N ี สิ่ง สำคัญ siang-sam-kan
quick
N เนื้อ หรือ หนัง มนุษย์ บริเวณ ใต้ เล็บ nuan-rue-nang-ma-nud-bo-ri-wen-tai-leb
quick buck
SL หา เงินได้ ง่าย หารายได้ คล่อง และ เร็ว ha-ngen-dai-ngai
quick on the draw
IDM ไว ต่อ การ ตอบสนอง wai-tor-kan-tob-sa-nong
quick on the draw
IDM ไว ใน การชัก ปืน ยิง wai-nai-kan-chak-puan-ying
quick on the uptake
IDM เข้า ใจเร็ว kao-jai-reo
quick one
N เครื่องดื่ม ผสม อัลกอฮอล์ krueng-duam-ael-ko-hol
quick time
N อัตรา การ เดินแถว ของ ทหาร ใน กองทัพ (เฉลี่ย 120 ก้าว ต่อ นาที aud-tra-kan-doen-tao-kong-ta-han
quick-and-dirty
SL ผ่านๆ ลวกๆ พอเป็นพิธี pan-pan
quick-fire
ADJ ที่ ยิง เร็ว ti-ying-reol
quick-freeze
VT ทำให้ เป็น จุดเยือกแข็ง เร็ว freeze tam-hai-pen-jud-yeak-kang
quick-froze
VT กริยา ช่อง ที่ 2 ของ quick-freeze kri-ya-chong-ti-kong
quick-frozen
VT กริยา ช่อง ที่ 3 ของ quick-freeze kri-ya-chong-ti-kong
quick-tempered
ADJ โมโห ง่าย temperamental quarrelsome excitable mo-ho-ngai
quick-witted
A ที่ มี ปัญญา เฉียบแหลม
quick-witted
ADJ ซึ่ง มี เชาว์ ปัญญา ซึ่ง มีไหวพริบ clever alert clever intelligent sueng-me-chao-pan-ya
quick-wittedly
ADV อย่าง มีไหวพริบ yang-me-wai-pib
quick-wittedness
N ความ มีไหวพริบ kwam-me-wai-pib
quicken
VI(ทารกในครรภ์ เริ่ม ดิ้น roem-din
quicken
VI ทำให้ มีชีวิตชีวา ขึ้น animate revive enliven tam-hai-me-che-wid-che-wa
quicken
VT กระตุ้น เร้า hurry hasten accelerate stir rouse kra-tuan
quicken
VT ฟื้นฟู fuan-fu
quicken up
PHRV ขยับ สูง ขึ้น เคลื่อน ไป เร็ว ขึ้น speed up ka-yab-suang-kuan
quicken with
PHRV เร่งเร้า เร่ง ให้ เร็ว rang-rao
quickener
N ผู้ กระตุ้น phu-kra-tuan
quickie
N สิ่ง ที่ ใช้เวลา สั้น (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ siang-ti-chai-we-la-san
quickie
SL การ ดื่ม อย่างเร็ว kan-duam-yang-reo
quickie
SL การ มีเพศสัมพันธ์ อย่างเร็ว kan-me-ped-sam-pan-yang-reo
quicklime
N ปูนขาว ที่ ยัง ไม่ได้ ผสม กับ น้ำ lime pun-kao-ti-yang-mai-dai-pa-som-nam
quickly
ADV อย่างรวดเร็ว โดยเร็ว อย่างเร็ว speedily swiftly fast fleetly slowly sluggishly yang-ruad-reol
quickly
ADV โดยทันที immediately soon at once instantly doi-tan-te
quickness
N ความเร็ว swiftness speed haste kwam-reo
quicksand
N ทรายดูด snare trap quagmire sai-dud
quickset
ADJ ซึ่งป ลูกตาม รั้ว sueng-puk-tam-rua
quickset
N ต้นไม้ ที่ ปลูก แนว รั้ว ton-mai-ti-tuk-neo-rua
quicksilver
N ปรอท เครื่องวัด ความร้อน mercury liquid mercury ore pra-rod
quicksilver
VT ผสม กับ ปรอท pa-som-kab-pra-rod
quickstep
N จังหวะ ใน การ เต้น บอล รูม จังหวะ แบบ เร็ว ที่ ใช้ ใน การเต้นรำ jang-wa-nai-kan-ten-bon-luam
quickstep
N ดนตรี สำหรับ เต้นรำ จังหวะ เร็ว don-tre-sam-rab-tean-ram-jang-wa
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
QUICK
v.i. To stir; to move. [Not in use. ]
QUICK
a.[If q is a dialectical prefix, as I suppose, this word coincides with the L. vigeo, vegeo, and vig, veg, radical, coincide with wag. ] 1. Primarily, alive; living; opposed to dead or unanimated; as quick flesh. Leviticus 13:1 .
The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead. 2 Timothy 4:1.
[In this sense, the word is obsolete, except in some compounds or in particular phrases.]
2. Swift; hasty; done with celerity; as quick dispatch.
3. Speedy; done or occurring in a short time; as a quick return of profits.
Oft he to her his charge of quick return repeated.
4. Active; brisk; nimble; prompt ready. He is remarkably quick in his motions. He is a man of quick parts.
5. Moving with rapidity or celerity; as quick time in music.
Quick with child, pregnant with a living child.
QUICK
adv. 1. Nimbly; with celerity; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; be quick.
If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed.
2. Soon; in a short time; without delay. Go, and return quick.
QUICK
n. 1. A living animal. Obs.
2. The living flesh; sensible parts; as penetrating to the quick; stung to the quick; cut to the quick.
3. Living shrubs or trees; as a ditch or bank set with quick.
QUICK
v.t.To revive; to make alive. Obs.
QUICK
v.i.To become alive. Obs.
QUICK-BEAM, QUICKEN-TREE
n.A tree, the wild sorb, a species of wild ash. The Sorbus aucuparia, or mountain ash, a species of service tree.
QUICKEN
v.t.quik'n. 1. Primarily, to make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state. Romans 4:17.
Hence flocks and herds, and men and beasts and fowls, with breath are quicken'd and attract their souls.
2. To make alive in a spiritual sense; to communicate a principle of grace to.
You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. Ephesians 2:1.
3. To hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken motion, speed or flight.
4. To sharpen; to give keener perception to; to stimulate; to incite; as, to quicken the appetite or taste; to quicken desires.
5. To revive; to cheer; to reinvigorate; to refresh by new supplies of comfort or grace. Psalm 119:25.
QUICKEN
v.i.quik'n. 1. To become alive.
The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies.
2. To move with rapidity or activity.
And keener lightning quickens in her eye.
QUICKENED
pp. 1. Made alive; revived; vivified; reinvigorated.
2. Accelerated; hastened.
3. Stimulated; incited.
QUICKENER
n. 1. One who revives, vivifies, or communicates life.
2. That which reinvigorates.
3. That which accelerates motion or increases activity.
QUICKENING
ppr. Giving life; accelerating; inciting.
QUICK-EYED
a.Having acute sight; of keen and ready perception.
QUICK-GRASS
[See Quitch-grass. ]
QUICKLIME
n.[See Lime. ] Any calcarious substance deprived of its fixed or carbonic air, or an earthy substance calcined; as chalk, limestone, oyster-shells, etc. ; unslaked lime. Calcarious stones and shells are reduced to quicklime by being subjected for a considerable time to intense heat, which expels the carbonic and aqeuous matter.
QUICKLY
adv. 1. Speedily; with haste or celerity.
2. Soon; without delay.
QUICK-MATCH
n.[See Match. ] A combustible preparation formed of cotton strands dipped in a boiling composition of white vinegar, saltpeter and mealed powder; used by artillerymen.
QUICKNESS
n. 1. Speed; velocity; celerity; rapidity; as the quickness of motion.
2. Activity; briskness; promptness, as the quickness of the imagination or wit.
3. Acuteness of perception; keep sensibility; as quickness of sensation.
4. Sharpness; pungency.
QUICKSAND
n. 1. Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure, loose sand abounding with water.
2. Unsolid ground.
QUICKSCENTED
a.Having an acute perception by the nose; of an acute smell.
QUICKSET
n.A living plant set to grow, particularly for a hedge.
QUICKSET
v.t.To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge or fence; as, to quickset a ditch.
QUICK-SIGHTED
a.Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or discern.
QUICKSIGHTEDNESS
n.Quickness of sight or discernment; readiness to see or discern.
QUICKSILVER
n.[that is, living silver, argentum vivum, so called from its fluidity. ] Mercury, a metal found both native and in the state of ore, in mines, in various parts of the world, and so remarkably fusible as to be congealable only with the intense cold indicated by 39 degrees or 4 degrees below zero, on Fahrenheit's thermometer. It is the heaviest of the metals, next to platina and gold. It is used in various arts and in medicine.
QUICKSILVERED
a.Overlaid with quicksilver.
QUICK-WITTED
a.Having ready wit.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
QUICK
Quick, a. [Compar. Quicker; superl. Quickest.] Etym: [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. qyvas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living, vivere to live, Gr. bi `os life, Skr. jiva living, jiv to live. Cf. Biography, Vivid, Quitch grass, Whitlow. ]
1. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. Chaucer. The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. 2 Tim. iv. 1.Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire. Herbert.
Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in some compounds, or in particular phrases.
2. Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. " A quick wit. " Shak.
3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick Oft he her his charge of quick return Repeated. Milton.
4. Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended. Latimer.
5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens the stomach. Shak.
6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. "To have an open ear, a quick eye. " Shak. They say that women are so quick. Tennyson.
7. Pregnant; with child. Shak. 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.
Syn. -- Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly.
QUICK
QUICK Quick, adv.
Defn: In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed. Locke.
QUICK
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. The works... are curiously hedged with quick. Evelyn.
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. This test nippeth,... this toucheth the quick. Latimer. How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference! Fuller.
3. (Bot. )
Defn: Quitch grass. Tennyson.
QUICK
Quick, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Quicken. ]
Defn: To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
QUICKBEAM
Quick "beam `, n. Etym: [A. S. cwicbeám.]
Defn: See Quicken tree.
QUICKEN
Quick "en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. quickened; p. pr. & vb. n. Quickening. ]Etym: [AS. cwician. See Quick, a.]
1. To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite. The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead. Shak. Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize. South.
2. To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed.
3. (Shipbuilding )
Defn: To shorten the radius of (a curve ); to make (a curve ) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.
Syn. -- To revive; resuscitate; animate; reinvigorate; vivify; refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten; accelerate; expedite; dispatch; speed.
QUICKEN
QUICKEN Quick "en, v. i.
1. To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb. The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies. Ray. And keener lightnings quicken in her eye. Pope. When the pale and bloodless east began To quicken to the sun. Tennyson.
2. To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.
QUICKENER
QUICKENER Quick "en *er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, quickens.
QUICKENING
QUICKENING Quick "en *ing, n.
1. The act or process of making or of becoming quick.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life.
QUICKENS
QUICKENS Quick "ens, n. (Bot. )
Defn: Quitch grass.
QUICKEN TREE
Quick "en tree `. Etym: [Probably from quick, and first applied to the aspen or some tree with quivering leaves; cf. G. quickenbaum, quizenbaum, quitschenbaum. Cf. Quitch grass. ] (Bot. )
Defn: The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree.
QUICKHATCH
Quick "hatch `, n. Etym: [From the American Indian name. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The wolverine.
QUICKLIME
Quick "lime, n. Etym: [See Quick, a.] (Chem. )
Defn: Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.
QUICKLY
QUICKLY Quick "ly, adv.
Defn: Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.
QUICKNESS
QUICKNESS Quick "ness, n.
1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. [Obs. ] Touch it with thy celestial quickness. Herbert.
2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit. This deed. .. must send thee hence With fiery quickness. Shak. His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor. Macaulay.
3. Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility. Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience to an animal that must lie still Locke
4. Sharpness; pungency of taste. Mortimer.
Syn. -- Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition; promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness; agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity; shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness.
QUICKSAND
QUICKSAND Quick "sand `, n.
Defn: Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it. Life hath quicksands, -- Life hath snares! Longfellow.
QUICK-SCENTED
QUICK-SCENTED Quick "-scent `ed, a.
Defn: Acute of smell.
QUICKSET
QUICKSET Quick "set `, n.
Defn: A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.
QUICKSET
QUICKSET Quick "set `, a.
Defn: Made of quickset. Dates and pomegranates on the quickset hedges. Walpole.
QUICKSET
QUICKSET Quick "set `, v. t.
Defn: To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch. Mortimer.
QUICK-SIGHTED
QUICK-SIGHTED Quick "-sight `ed, a.
Defn: Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern. Locke. --Quick "-sight `ed *ness, n.
QUICKSILVER
Quick "sil `ver, n. Etym: [Quick living + silver; -- so called from its fluidity; cf. G. quecksilber, L. argentum vivum. See Quick, a.] (Chem. )
Defn: The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver. Quicksilver horizon, a mercurial artificial horizon. See under Horizon. -- Quicksilver water, a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering; quick water.
QUICKSILVERED
QUICKSILVERED Quick "sil `vered, a.
Defn: Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil.
QUICKSILVERING
QUICKSILVERING Quick "sil `ver *ing, n.
Defn: The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.
QUICKSTEP
QUICKSTEP Quick "step `, n. (Mus. )
Defn: A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing.
QUICK-WITTED
QUICK-WITTED Quick "-wit `ted, a.
Defn: Having ready wit Shak.
QUICK-WITTEDNESS
QUICK-WITTEDNESS Quick "-wit `ted *ness, n.
Defn: Readiness of wit. "Celtic quick-wittedness. " M. Arnold.
QUICKWORK
QUICKWORK Quick "work `, n. (Naut. ) A term somewhat loosely used to denote: (a ) All the submerged section of a vessel's planking. (b ) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps. (c ) The short planks between the portholes.
New American Oxford Dictionary
quick
quick |kwik kwɪk | ▶adjective 1 moving fast or doing something in a short time: some children are particularly quick learners | I was much quicker than he was and held him at bay for several laps | [ with infinitive ] : he was always quick to point out her faults. • lasting or taking a short time: she took a quick look through the drawers | we went to the pub for a quick drink. • happening with little or no delay: prompt: children like to see quick results from their efforts. 2 (of a person ) prompt to understand, think, or learn; intelligent: it was quick of him to spot the mistake. • (of a person's eye or ear ) keenly perceptive; alert. • (of a person's temper ) easily roused. ▶adverb informal at a fast rate; quickly: he'll find some place where he can make money quicker | [ as exclamation ] : Get out, quick! ▶noun 1 (the quick ) the soft, tender flesh below the growing part of a fingernail or toenail. • the central or most sensitive part of someone or something. 2 (as plural noun the quick ) archaic those who are living: the quick and the dead. PHRASES cut someone to the quick cause someone deep distress by a hurtful remark or action. ( as ) quick as a flash see flash. quick on the draw see draw. quick with child archaic at a stage of pregnancy when movements of the fetus have been felt. DERIVATIVES quick ness noun ORIGIN Old English cwic, cwicu ‘alive, animated, alert, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kwiek ‘sprightly ’ and German keck ‘saucy, ’ from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vivus ‘alive ’ and Greek bios, zōē ‘life. ’
quick-and-dirty
quick-and-dirt y |ˌkwɪkənˈdɜːrti | ▶adjective informal makeshift; done or produced hastily: a quick-and-dirty synopsis of their work.
quicken
quick en |ˈkwikən ˈkwɪkən | ▶verb 1 make or become faster or quicker: [ with obj. ] : she quickened her pace, desperate to escape | [ no obj. ] : I felt my pulse quicken. 2 [ no obj. ] spring to life; become animated: her interest quickened | (as adj. quickening ) : he looked with quickening curiosity through the smoke. • [ with obj. ] stimulate: the coroner's words suddenly quickened his own memories. • [ with obj. ] give or restore life to: on the third day after his death the human body of Jesus was quickened by the Spirit. • archaic (of a woman ) reach a stage in pregnancy when movements of the fetus can be felt. • archaic (of a fetus ) begin to show signs of life. • [ with obj. ] archaic make (a fire ) burn brighter.
quick-fire
quick-fire ▶adjective 1 unhesitating and rapid; in quick succession: quick-fire repartee. 2 (of a gun ) able to fire shots in rapid succession.
quick-freeze
quick-freeze ▶verb [ with obj. ] freeze (food ) rapidly so as to preserve its nutritional value.
quickie
quick ie |ˈkwikē ˈkwɪki | informal ▶noun a thing done or made quickly or hastily, in particular: • a rapidly consumed alcoholic drink. • a brief act of sexual intercourse. ▶adjective done or made quickly: his wife cooperated with a quickie divorce.
quicklime
quick lime |ˈkwikˌlīm ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm | ▶noun see lime 1.
quickly
quick ly |ˈkwiklē ˈkwɪkli | ▶adverb at a fast speed; rapidly: Reg's illness progressed frighteningly quickly. • with little or no delay; promptly: we moved quickly to deal with our auditor's questions.
quick march
quick march ▶noun a brisk military march. ▶exclam. a command to begin marching quickly.
quick-release
quick-re lease ▶adjective (of a device ) designed for rapid release: a quick-release button.
quicksand
quick sand |ˈkwikˌsand ˈkwɪkˌsænd | ▶noun (also quicksands ) loose wet sand that yields easily to pressure and sucks in anything resting on or falling into it. • a bad or dangerous situation from which it is hard to escape: John found himself sinking fast in financial quicksand.
quickset
quick set |ˈkwikˌset ˈkwɪksɛt | ▶noun Brit. hedging, esp. of hawthorn, grown from slips or cuttings.
quicksilver
quick sil ver |ˈkwikˌsilvər ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvər | ▶noun the liquid metal mercury. • used in similes and metaphors to describe something that moves or changes very quickly, or that is difficult to hold or contain: his mood changed like quicksilver.
quickstep
quick step |ˈkwikˌstep ˈkwɪkˌstɛp | ▶noun 1 a dance similar to a fast foxtrot. • a piece of music written for a quickstep. 2 a step used when marching in quick time. ▶verb ( quicksteps, quickstepping, quickstepped ) [ no obj. ] dance the quickstep.
quick-tempered
quick-tem pered ▶adjective easily made angry.
quickthorn
quick thorn |ˈkwikˌTHôrn ˈkwɪkθɔrn | ▶noun another term for hawthorn.
quick time
quick time ▶noun Military marching that is conducted at about 120 paces per minute.
quick trick
quick trick ▶noun (usu. quick tricks ) Bridge a card such as an ace (or a king in a suit where the ace is also held ) that can normally be relied on to win a trick.
quick-witted
quick-wit ted |ˈˌkwɪk ˈˌwɪdɪd | ▶adjective showing or characterized by an ability to think or respond quickly or effectively. DERIVATIVES quick-wit ted ness noun
Oxford Dictionary
quick
quick |kwɪk | ▶adjective 1 moving fast or doing something in a short time: in the qualifying session he was two seconds quicker than his teammate | [ with infinitive ] : he was always quick to point out her faults. • lasting or taking a short time: Brian gave her a quick look | we went to the pub for a quick drink. • happening with little or no delay; prompt: children like to see quick results from their efforts. 2 prompt to understand, think, or learn; intelligent: it was quick of him to spot the mistake. • (of a person's eye or ear ) keenly perceptive; alert. • (of a person's temper ) easily roused. ▶adverb informal at a fast rate; quickly: he'll find some place where he can make money quicker | [ as exclamation ] : Get out, quick! ▶noun 1 (the quick ) the soft tender flesh below the growing part of a fingernail or toenail. • the central or most sensitive part of someone or something. 2 (as plural noun the quick ) archaic those who are living: the quick and the dead. 3 Cricket, informal a fast bowler. PHRASES be quick off the mark see mark 1. cut someone to the quick cause someone deep distress by a hurtful remark or action. ( as ) quick as a flash see flash 1. quick and dirty informal, chiefly US makeshift; done or produced hastily: a quick and dirty synopsis of their work. quick on the draw see draw. a quick one informal a rapidly consumed alcoholic drink. quick with child archaic at a stage of pregnancy when movements of the fetus have been felt. DERIVATIVES quickness noun ORIGIN Old English cwic, cwicu ‘alive, animated, alert ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kwiek ‘sprightly ’ and German keck ‘saucy ’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vivus ‘alive ’ and Greek bios, zōē ‘life ’.
quickbeam
quick |beam ▶noun another term for mountain ash ( sense 1 ). ORIGIN Old English, apparently from quick (although the sense of the adjective is unclear ) + beam .
quicken
quick ¦en |ˈkwɪk (ə )n | ▶verb 1 make or become faster or quicker: [ with obj. ] : she quickened her pace, desperate to escape | [ no obj. ] : I felt my pulse quicken. 2 stimulate or become stimulated: [ no obj. ] : her interest quickened | (as adj. quickening ) : he looked with quickening curiosity through the smoke. • [ with obj. ] give or restore life to: on the third day after his death the human body of Jesus was quickened by the Spirit. • [ with obj. ] archaic make (a fire ) burn brighter. 3 [ no obj. ] archaic (of a woman ) reach a stage in pregnancy when movements of the fetus can be felt. • (of a fetus ) begin to show signs of life.
quick-fire
quick-fire ▶adjective 1 unhesitating and rapid; in quick succession: quick-fire repartee. 2 (of a gun ) able to fire shots in rapid succession.
quick-freeze
quick-freeze ▶verb [ with obj. ] freeze (food ) rapidly so as to preserve its nutritional value.
quickie
quickie |ˈkwɪki | informal ▶noun 1 a rapidly consumed alcoholic drink. 2 a brief act of sexual intercourse. 3 Cricket a fast bowler. ▶adjective done or made quickly: a quickie divorce.
quicklime
quick |lime |ˈkwɪklʌɪm | ▶noun see lime 1.
quickly
quick ¦ly |ˈkwɪkli | ▶adverb at a fast speed; rapidly: Reg's illness progressed frighteningly quickly. • with little or no delay; promptly: we moved quickly to deal with our auditor's questions.
quick march
quick march ▶noun a brisk military march. ▶exclamation a command to begin marching quickly.
quick-release
quick-release ▶adjective (of a device ) designed for rapid release: a quick-release button.
quicksand
quick |sand |ˈkwɪksand | ▶noun [ mass noun ] (also quicksands ) loose wet sand that yields easily to pressure and sucks in anything resting on or falling into it. • a bad or dangerous situation from which it is hard to escape: John found himself sinking fast in financial quicksand.
quickset
quick |set |ˈkwɪksɛt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. hedging, especially of hawthorn, grown from slips or cuttings.
quicksilver
quick |sil ¦ver |ˈkwɪksɪlvə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the liquid metal mercury. • [ as modifier ] moving or changing rapidly and unpredictably: his quicksilver wit.
quickstep
quick |step |ˈkwɪkstɛp | ▶noun 1 a dance similar to a fast foxtrot. • a piece of music written for a quickstep. 2 a step used when marching in quick time. ▶verb ( quicksteps, quickstepping, quickstepped ) [ no obj. ] dance the quickstep.
quick-tempered
quick-tempered ▶adjective easily made angry.
quickthorn
quick |thorn |ˈkwɪkθɔːn | ▶noun another term for hawthorn.
quick time
quick time ▶noun [ mass noun ] Military marching that is conducted at about 120 paces per minute.
quick trick
quick trick ▶noun (usu. quick tricks ) Bridge a card such as an ace (or a king in a suit where the ace is also held ) that can normally be relied on to win a trick.
quick-witted
quick-witted ▶adjective showing or characterized by an ability to think or respond quickly and effectively. DERIVATIVES quick-wittedness noun
American Oxford Thesaurus
quick
quick adjective 1 a quick pace: fast, swift, rapid, speedy, high-speed, breakneck, expeditious, brisk, smart; informal zippy; literary fleet. ANTONYMS slow. 2 she took a quick trip down memory lane: hasty, hurried, cursory, perfunctory, desultory, superficial, summary; brief, short, fleeting, transient, transitory, short-lived, lightning, momentary, whirlwind, whistle-stop. ANTONYMS careful, long. 3 a quick end to the recession: sudden, instantaneous, immediate, instant, abrupt, precipitate. ANTONYMS gradual. 4 she isn't quick enough to advance to the next level: intelligent, bright, clever, gifted, able, astute, quick-witted, sharp-witted, smart; observant, alert, sharp, perceptive; informal brainy, on the ball, quick on the uptake. ANTONYMS dull-witted.
quicken
quicken verb 1 she quickened her pace: speed up, accelerate, step up, hasten, hurry (up ). 2 the film quickened his interest in nature: stimulate, excite, arouse, rouse, stir up, activate, galvanize, whet, inspire, kindle; invigorate, revive, revitalize.
quickly
quickly adverb 1 he walked quickly: fast, swiftly, briskly, rapidly, speedily, at the speed of light, at full tilt, as fast as one's legs can carry one, at a gallop, on the double, posthaste; informal pretty damn quick, PDQ, like lightning, like greased lightning, like mad, like blazes, like the wind, lickety-split; literary apace. 2 you'd better leave quickly: immediately, directly, at once, now, straightaway, right away, instantly, forthwith, without delay, without further ado; soon, promptly, early, momentarily; informal like a shot, as soon as possible, ASAP, pronto, straight off. 3 he quickly inspected it: briefly, fleetingly, briskly; hastily, hurriedly, cursorily, perfunctorily, superficially, desultorily.
quick-tempered
quick-tempered adjective they tend to be impulsive and quick-tempered: irritable, irascible, hot-tempered, short-tempered, snappish, fiery, touchy, volatile; cross, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, grumpy, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, testy, tetchy, prickly, choleric; informal snappy, grouchy, cranky, on a short fuse. ANTONYMS placid.
quick-witted
quick-witted adjective Russell was always the quick-witted one in our circle: intelligent, bright, clever, gifted, able, astute, quick, smart, sharp-witted; observant, alert, sharp, perceptive; informal brainy, on the ball, quick on the uptake. ANTONYMS slow.
Oxford Thesaurus
quick
quick adjective 1 John was generally a quick worker: fast, swift, rapid, speedy, high-speed, expeditious; brisk, lively, sprightly, nimble, prompt; lightning, meteoric, overnight, whirlwind, fast-track, whistle-stop, breakneck, smart; informal nippy, zippy; Brit. informal cracking; literary fleet; rare tantivy, alacritous, volant. ANTONYMS slow. 2 she took a quick look behind her: hasty, hurried, cursory, perfunctory, superficial, desultory, incidental, summary, glancing; brief, short, fleeting, passing, transient, transitory, short-lived, flying, lightning, momentary, temporary. ANTONYMS long, careful. 3 there was no quick end to the recession: sudden, instantaneous, immediate, instant, abrupt, sharp, precipitate, breakneck, headlong. 4 she isn't as quick as the others, but she works hard: intelligent, bright, clever, gifted, able, brilliant, astute, quick-witted, sharp-witted, ready, quick off the mark; observant, alert, sharp, wide awake, receptive, perceptive; informal brainy, smart, on the ball, on one's toes, quick on the uptake. ANTONYMS stupid.
quicken
quicken verb 1 his pulse quickened | she unconsciously quickened her pace: speed up, accelerate, step up, hasten, hurry, hurry up; informal gee up. ANTONYMS slow. 2 the film quickened his interest in wild life: stimulate, excite, stir up, arouse, rouse, waken, animate, activate, incite, galvanize, instigate, whet, inspire, kindle, fan, refresh, strengthen, invigorate, reanimate, reactivate, revive, revitalize, resuscitate, revivify; titillate, tempt. ANTONYMS dull.
quickly
quickly adverb 1 he began to walk quickly: fast, swiftly, rapidly, speedily, at high speed, with all speed, at (full ) speed, at the speed of light, at full tilt, as fast as one's legs can carry one, at a gallop, briskly, at the double, post-haste, with all possible haste, like a whirlwind, like an arrow from a bow, at breakneck speed, expeditiously, madly, hotfoot, with dispatch; informal double quick, in double quick time, p.d.q. (pretty damn quick ), nippily, like (greased ) lightning, hell for leather, at warp speed, like mad, like crazy, like blazes, like the wind, like a bomb, like nobody's business, like a scalded cat, like the deuce, a mile a minute, like a bat out of hell, like a bullet out of a gun; Brit. informal like the clappers, at a rate of knots, like billy-o; N. Amer. informal lickety-split; literary apace. ANTONYMS slowly. 2 sensing her discomfort, he quickly went on | the apartments were sold quite quickly: immediately, directly, at once, now, straight away, right away, instantly, forthwith, as soon as possible, shortly, without delay, without further /more ado, instantaneously, expeditiously, suddenly, abruptly; soon, soon after, promptly, early; N. Amer. momentarily; informal like a shot, a.s.a.p. (as soon as possible ), pronto, before you can say Jack Robinson, before the ink is dry on the page, before you can say knife, straight off; archaic straight, instanter. 3 he calmed the animal and quickly inspected it: briefly, fleetingly, briskly; hastily, in haste, precipitately, hurriedly, in a hurry, cursorily, perfunctorily, superficially, desultorily.
quick-tempered
quick-tempered adjective they tend to be impulsive and quick-tempered: irritable, irascible, hot-tempered, short-tempered, fiery, touchy, volatile; peevish, cross, crabbed, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, impatient, grumpy, huffy, brusque, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, testy, tetchy, snarling, waspish, prickly, crusty, peppery, bilious, liverish, dyspeptic, splenetic, choleric; informal snappish, snappy, chippy, cranky, grouchy, on a short fuse; Brit. informal narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head; N. Amer. informal peckish, soreheaded; Austral. /NZ informal snaky; informal, dated miffy. ANTONYMS placid, calm.
quick-witted
quick-witted adjective alert, astute, perceptive, quick, quick-thinking, sharp-witted, sharp, shrewd, penetrating, discerning, perspicacious; wide awake, ready, quick off the mark, observant; intelligent, bright, clever, gifted, able, brainy, brilliant; informal smart, on the ball, on one's toes, quick on the uptake. ANTONYMS stupid, slow.
Duden Dictionary
quick
quick Adjektiv landschaftlich, besonders norddeutsch |qu i ck |niederdeutsch Nebenform von keck lebhaft; rege
Quickie
Qui ckie Substantiv, maskulin umgangssprachlich , der |Qu i ckie |englisch quickie, zu: quick = schnell 1 etwas, was schnell, in verkürzter Form erledigt, abgehandelt o. Ä. wird die ersten beiden Spielrunden haben sehr lange gedauert, die Zeit reicht jetzt nur noch für einen Quickie 2 rasch vollzogener Geschlechtsakt
quicklebendig
quick le ben dig Adjektiv emotional |qu i ckleb e ndig |voll sprühender Lebendigkeit, überaus munter quicklebendig umherspringen
Quick-out
Quick-out Substantiv, Neutrum , das |…ˈa͜ut |das Quick-out; Genitiv: des Quick-outs, Plural: die Quick-outs englisch Gerät (besonders Autoradio ), das sich zum Schutz gegen Diebstahl schnell ausbauen und mitnehmen lässt
Quickstepp
Quick stepp Substantiv, maskulin , der |Qu i ckstepp ˈkvɪkstɛp |englisch quickstep, aus: quick (Quickie ) und step = Schritt in schnellen, kurzen Schritten getanzter Foxtrott
Quickstorming
Quick stor ming Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Qu i ckstorming …stɔːmɪŋ |das Quickstorming; Genitiv: des Quickstormings englisch kurzes Brainstorming
Quicktest
Quick test Substantiv, maskulin Medizin , der |Qu i cktest |nach dem amerikanischen Arzt A. J. Quick Verfahren zur Bestimmung der Gerinnungszeit des Blutes
Quickwert
Quick wert Substantiv, maskulin , der |Qu i ckwert |
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
quick
quick /kwɪk /〖語源は 「生きている 」〗(副 )quickly, (動 )quicken 形容詞 ～er ; ～est 1 〈行為などが 〉短時間の , すぐに終わる, 一瞬の間の (short )▸ Let's take a quick look at some of the new features .新しい特徴をざっと見てみましょう ▸ Just a quick question .すぐ終わる質問です ▸ Can I have a quick word? 少しだけお話ししてよろしいですか ▸ take a quick break 短時間休憩する ▸ have a quick meal さっと食事をとる ▸ That was quick !早いね (!迅速な行動 対応に驚いた場合などに用いる ) 2 a. 〈動作が 〉速い , すばやい , 機敏な (↔slow ; →fast 1 コーパスの窓 )▸ a quick movement すばやい動き ▸ (Be ) quick !急げ (!｟くだけて ｠ではしばしばbeを省略; 命令形が可能; ↓間投詞 ) ▸ You have to be quick and skillful .時間をかけず手際よくする必要がある ▸ take a quick step forward すばやく一歩前に出る b. 〖be quick to do 〗〈人が 〉すぐに [急に ]…する ; ためらわずに … する ▸ The police were quick to point out that their investigation was right .警察は即座に捜査は適正であると主張した c. 〈人が 〉理解の速い, 物覚えの良い (clever ); «…に関して » 速い «on , with , in , at » ▸ a quick learner 飲み込みの速い人 ▸ a quick wit 機転 (→quick-witted ).3 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗即時の, 間を置かない 〈行動など 〉▸ a quick answer [response ]即答 [すばやい反応 ]▸ in quick succession 続けざまに ▸ make a quick decision 即決する .4 せっかちな, 短気な .5 すぐ現金化できる .6 ｟古 ｠生きている .qu ì ck and d í rty ｟くだけて ｠早くて雑な (→quick-and-dirty ).間投詞 急げ ▸ Come on! Quick !何しているんだ, 急げよ (!Be ) quick! の省略と考えることも可能; ↑形容詞 2 a ) .副詞 ｟くだけて ｠〖動詞 の後で 〗1 速く, すばやく (quickly )▸ get drunk quicker より早く酔いがまわる (!副詞 としてはquickよりもquicker, quickestの方がよく用いられる ) ▸ (as ) quick as a flash [as lightning, as a wink ]すばやく, あっという間に 2 ｟くだけて ｠すぐに, 急いで (!この用法は ｟非標準 ｠とみなされることが多い ) ▸ as quick as possible できるだけ急いで 3 〖複合語で 〗速く ▸ quick -release wheels 着脱容易な車のホイール 名詞 U 〖the ～〗(爪の下 傷口などの )敏感な部分 ; (感情などの )最も繊細な部分 ; 急所 ; ｟文 ｠最も重要な部分, 核心 . the qu ì ck and the d é ad ｟書 古 ｠生者と死者 〘聖書より 〙.to the qu í ck ｟文 ｠深く, ひどく ▸ cut [hurt ] A to the quick 〈批判 発言などが 〉A 〈人 〉を傷つける [Aの感情を害する ]～́ br è ad クイックブレッド 〘ベーキングパウダーを使って焼いたマフィンなどのパン 〙.～́ dr à w 早撃ち名人 .～̀ f í x ｟くだけた話 非難して ｠ «…に対する / …に関する » 一時的な解決策, 応急処置 «to / for » .～̀ m á rch 〘軍 〙速歩行進 (!しばしば号令として ) .～́ ò ne ｟主に英 くだけて ｠(酒の )軽い一杯 .～́ st ù dy ｟米 くだけて ｠理解の速い人 .～́ t ì me 〘軍 〙速歩 〘1分間に約120歩 〙.～̀ tr í ck 〘トランプ 〙(ブリッジの )速攻札 .
quick-and-dirty
qu ì ck-and-d í rty 形容詞 ｟くだけて ｠早くていい加減な, やっつけの .
quick-change
qu ì ck-ch á nge 形容詞 早変わりの 〈俳優など 〉▸ a quick-change artist 早変わりの役者 .
quicken
quick en /kwɪ́k (ə )n /→quick 動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 ｟書 ｠〈速度 〉を速める ; …を急がせる (up )(↔slow )▸ quicken one's pace [steps ]歩調を速める .2 ｟かたく ｠〈興味 感情など 〉を強くする, 活気づける ▸ My teacher's words quickened my interest in foreign languages .先生の言葉は僕の外国語への興味を刺激した ▸ quicken one's soul [spirit ]精神を鍛える 3 ｟古 文 ｠…を生き返らせる ; …を再び燃え上がらせる .自動詞 1 〈速度が 〉速くなる (up )▸ My heart [pulse ] quickened as I neared my destination .目的地に近づくにつれて私の鼓動 [脈 ]は高まった [速まった ]2 ｟かたく ｠〈興味 感情などが 〉強くなる, 活気づく .3 ｟古 文 ｠生き返る, 蘇 （よみがえ ）る .4 〈胎児が 〉胎動を始める; 〈妊婦が 〉胎動を感じる .
quickening
qu í ck en ing 名詞 U 胎動 .形容詞 ｟主に文 ｠早まりつつある .
quick-fire
qu ì ck-f í re 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗矢継ぎ早の, 速射砲のような 〈行動 話し方 〉.
quick-freeze
qu ì ck-fr é eze 動詞 (→freeze )他動詞 〈食品 〉を急速冷凍する .
quickie
quick ie /kwɪ́ki /名詞 C ｟くだけて ｠1 やっつけ仕事 ; 急ぎの一杯 ; 短い旅行 .2 ｟おどけて ｠すぐ終わる性交 .形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗あっという間の, 間に合わせの .
quicklime
qu í ck l ì me 名詞 U 生石灰 (→lime 1 ).
quickly
quick ly /kwɪ́kli /→quick 副詞 more ～; most ～1 急いで , 速く (↔slowly )▸ move quickly to the door さっとドアのところに行く ▸ as quickly as possible 可能な限りすばやく .2 即座に, すぐに, 間を置かず ▸ It quickly became clear that ...…ということがすぐに明らかになった .3 短時間, 少し (の間 )▸ Can I talk to you just quickly before you leave? 帰られる前にほんの少しお話しできますか
quickness
quick ness /kwɪ́knəs /名詞 U (動き 頭の回転の )すばやさ, 迅速 ; 短気 .
quicksand
qu í ck s à nd 名詞 U 〖しばしば ～s; 単数扱い 〗流砂 ; 泥沼状態, ピンチ .
quicksilver
qu í ck s ì lver 名詞 U 1 ｟古 ｠水銀 (mercury ).2 移り気 (の人 ).形容詞 ｟文 ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗1 水銀の (ような ).2 移り気な, すぐに [ころころ ]変わる ;｟ほめて ｠(予想外に )すばやい .
quickstep
qu í ck st è p 名詞 C 1 〘軍 〙速歩 (行進 ); 速歩行進曲 .2 〘ダンス 〙クイックステップ .
quick-tempered
qu ì ck-t é mpered 形容詞 短気な, 腹を立てやすい .
quick-witted
qu ì ck-w í t ted /-ɪd /形容詞 頭の回転が早い, 機転がきく .～ness 名詞
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