Meaning

2 senses
  1. Quickly, in a quick manner.

    Get rich quick.

    Come here, quick!

    бы́строbýstro, жи́воžívo

  2. Answer quickly.

More definitions
  • with little or no delay

Examples

929 sentences
  1. I want to get rich quick.

    Я хочу швидко розбагатіти. — deniko

  2. Tom gave Mary a quick kiss and got on the bus.

    Том чмокнув Мері й сів у автобус. — deniko

  3. Tom is really quick.

    Том дійсно швидкий. — deniko

    ruТом действительно проворный. — nin

    deTom ist superschnell. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I made a quick exit.

    Я хутко ретирувався. — deniko

    ruЯ быстро ушёл. — amanshi

  5. Do you have time for a quick game of checkers?

    Маєш час на швидку партію у шахи? — deniko

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
with speed:

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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Forms

quicker, quickest
Comparativequicker Lesson
Superlativequickest

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • quicker at doing
  • be quicker at
  • take a quick
  • as quick as
  • still quicker at
  • a quick learner
  • would be quicker
  • a quick shower
  • quick learner
  • a quick lunch
  • make this quick
  • for your quick

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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