quick

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Moving or able to move with speed; fast.

   I ran to the station, but I wasn't quick enough.

2. 2
   adj

   Done or happening in a short time.

   Let's have a quick chat before the meeting.

3. 3
   adj

   Able to learn or understand things fast; clever.

   She has a quick mind and learns languages easily.

Common collocations

• quick kiss Adjective + noun
• quick call Adjective + noun
• quick fix Adjective + noun
• quick read Adjective + noun

From Middle English quik, quic (“living, alive, active”), from Old English cwic (“alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku (“alive, lively quick”), from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (“alive, lively, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), *gʷeyh₃w- (“to live”). For semantic development, compare lively. Cognate with Dutch kwik, kwiek (“lively, quick”), German keck (“sassy, cheeky”), Danish kvik (“lively, quick-witted, quick”), kvæg (“cattle”), Faroese kvikur (“quick”), Icelandic kvikur (“lively, quick”), Norn kvikk, hwikk (“living, swarming, teeming”), Norwe…

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