Quick /kwɪk/

The meaning and definition of Quick, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun

Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
Plants used in making a quickset hedge

verb

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

adjective

Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
“He's a quick runner.”
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
“That was a quick meal.”

Synonyms extant live vital hotheaded rattish short-tempered

Antonyms slow

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