A2adjective · frequent

quick

quick · quicker · quickest

швидкий, бистрий, прудкий, скорий

быстрый, скорый, проворный, сообразительный

schnell, rasch, schnell von Begriff, geschwind

Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing soMoving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.

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/kwɪk/

» I want to get rich quick.

Я хочу швидко розбагатіти.

Meaning

14 senses

Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
I ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough.
He's a quick runner.
schnell, geschwind, rasch
бы́стрыйbýstryj
швидки́йšvydkýj, хутки́йxutkýj, прудки́йprudkýj
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
That was a quick meal.
ско́рыйskóryj
ско́рийskóryj, швидки́йšvydkýj
Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.
scharfsinnig
прово́рныйprovórnyj
Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
My father is old but he still has a quick wit.
schnell von Begriff
смышленыйsmyšlenyj, сообразительныйsoobrazitelʹnyj, доходчивыйdoxodčivyj
Easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
She has a very quick temper.
He is wont to be rather quick of temper when tired.
вспы́льчивыйvspýlʹčivyj, темпераментныйtemperamentnyj
easily aroused or excited
Productive; not "dead" or barren
Not cryptic.
Being a distinctively sensitive kind of glaciomarine clay that may behave like a watery fluid under stress.
(archaic)Alive, living.
quicklebendig
живо́йživój
(archaic)At the stage where it can be felt to move in the uterus.
(archaic)Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
(archaic)Flowing, not stagnant.

Examples

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I want to get rich quick.
Я хочу швидко розбагатіти.
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Tom gave Mary a quick kiss and got on the bus.
Том чмокнув Мері й сів у автобус.
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Tom is really quick.
Том дійсно швидкий.
ruТом действительно проворный.
deTom ist superschnell.
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I made a quick exit.
Я хутко ретирувався.
ruЯ быстро ушёл.
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Do you have time for a quick game of checkers?
Маєш час на швидку партію у шахи?
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

moving with speed:

occurring in a short time:

Русский

By meaning 6

moving with speed:

occurring in a short time:

lively, witty:

mentally agile, perceptive:

easily aroused to anger:

alive:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

moving with speed:

lively, witty:

mentally agile, perceptive:

alive:

Origin

From Middle English quik, quic (“living, alive, active”), from Old English cwic (“alive”),

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.

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