The Meaning of quick

• (superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.
• (superl.) Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready.
• (superl.) Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
• (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
• (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
• (superl.) Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear.
• (superl.) Pregnant; with child.
• (adv.) In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back 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.
• (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.
• (n.) Quitch grass.
• (v. t. & i.) To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive.

Synonyms

speedy , flying , fast , agile , nimble , spry , ready , immediate , prompt , straightaway , warm , promptly , quickly

Homophones

cwik , kwik , quik

Rhymes

afflik , arithmetic , bailiwick , bic , bick , blick , bolshevik , bric , brick , broomstick , bryk , candlestick , chick , chopstick , click , crick , cwik , dic , dick , dipstick , dyk , dzik , fenwick , fick , ficke , firebrick , flick , frick , fricke , gick , glick , handpick , hick , homesick , impolitic , joystick , kick , knick , krick , kubrick , kwik , lick , lipstick , lunatic , mc , mic , mick , micke , nic , nick , nightstick , nik , nonstick , ostpolitik , pic , pick , pickwick , picnic , pik , politic , prick , quik , realpolitik , ric , rick , ricke , rilke , schick , schlick , schrick , schtick , seasick , shick , shtick , sic , sick , sidekick , slapstick , slick , smick , snick , spic , spick , stick , strick , swick , thick , tic , tick , toothpick , trick , vandyck , vanwyck , vanwyk , vic , vick , vik , wick , wik , wrick , wyk , yardstick , zick , zwick