quick

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Synonyms: quirk, quack, quice, buick, squick, quik, quich, quica, quic, luick, queck

Antonyms: quirk, quack, quice, buick, squick, quik, quich, quica, quic, luick, queck

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

Moving with [[speed]], [[rapidity]] or [[swiftness]], or capable of doing so; [[rapid]]; [[fast]].
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
{{U|lively}}, fast-thinking, [[witty]], [[intelligent]].
Mentally [[agile]], [[alert]], [[perceptive]].
{{lb|en|of people or tempers}} Easily [[arouse]]d to [[anger]]; [[quick-tempered]].
{{senseid|en|alive living}}{{lb|en|archaic}} [[alive|Alive]], [[living]].
{{lb|en|archaic|of a foetus}} At the stage where it can be felt to move in the [[uterus]].
{{lb|en|now|rare|archaic}} [[pregnant|Pregnant]], especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
{{lb|en|archaic|of water}} [[flowing|Flowing]], not [[stagnant]].
{{lb|en|archaic}} [[burning|Burning]], [[flammable]], [[fiery]].
{{lb|en|obsolete}} [[fresh|Fresh]]; [[bracing]]; [[sharp]]; [[keen]].
{{lb|en|mining|of a [[vein]] of [[ore]]}} [[productive]]; not "[[dead]]" or [[barren]]

[[raw|Raw]] or [[sensitive]] [[flesh]], especially that [[underneath]] [[finger]] and [[toe]] [[nail]]s.
[[plant|Plants]] used in making a [[quickset]] [[hedge]].
The [[life]]; the [[mortal]] point; a [[vital]] part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
{{lb|en|with "the"|archaic}} {{synonym of|en|living#Noun|gloss=those who are alive}}.
[[quitchgrass|Quitchgrass]].
{{lb|en|cricket}} A [[fast bowler]].

{{lb|en|transitive}} To [[amalgamate]] [[surface]]s prior to [[gild]]ing or [[silver]]ing by dipping them into a [[solution]] of [[mercury]] in [[nitric acid]].
{{lb|en|transitive|archaic|poetic}} To [[quicken]].

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