Very elastic: as, a quick billiard cushion.
In a quick manner; nimbly; with celerity; rapidly; with haste; speedily: as, run quick.
Soon; in a short time; without delay: as, go and return quick.
noun.
In mining, an abbreviation of quicksilver.
To make alive; quicken; animate.
To revive; kindle; quicken.
In electroplating, to prepare for the firmer adhesion of the deposited metal by the use of a solution of nitrate of mercury.
To become alive; revive.
Living; alive; live.
Lively; characterized by physical or mental liveliness or sprightliness; prompt; ready; sprightly; nimble; brisk.
Prompt to perceive or to respond to impressions; perceptive in a high degree; sensitive; hence, excitable; restless; passionate.
Speedy; hasty; swift; rapid; done or occurring in a short time; prompt; immediate: as, a quick return of profits.
Hasty; precipitate; irritable; sharp; unceremonious.
Pregnant; with child: specifically noting a woman when the motion of the fetus is felt.
Active in operation; piercing; sharp; hence, bracing; fresh.
Synonyms and Expeditious, rapid, active, alert, agile, hurrying, hurried, fleet, dexterous, adroit. See quickness.
Acute, keen.
noun.
A living being.
noun.
That which is quick, or living and sensitive: with the definite article: as, cut to the quick.
noun.
A live fence or hedge formed of some growing plant, usually hawthorn; quickset.
noun.
The quitch-grass. Also quicks, quitch.