Meaning
6 sensesRaw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
Nagelbett
any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
Plants used in making a quickset hedge
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
Quitchgrass.
A fast bowler.
(archaic, with definite article)Synonym of living (“those who are alive”).
the quick and the dead
Examples
929 sentencesI want to get rich quick.
Я хочу швидко розбагатіти. — deniko
Tom gave Mary a quick kiss and got on the bus.
Том чмокнув Мері й сів у автобус. — deniko
Tom is really quick.
Том дійсно швидкий. — deniko
ruТом действительно проворный. — nin
deTom ist superschnell. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I made a quick exit.
Я хутко ретирувався. — deniko
ruЯ быстро ушёл. — amanshi
Do you have time for a quick game of checkers?
Маєш час на швидку партію у шахи? — deniko
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
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
plural: quicksSynonyms
1 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsCollocations
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