A2verb · transitive · frequent

quick

quick · quicks · quicked · quicking

To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution…To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.

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/kwɪk/

» I want to get rich quick.

Я хочу швидко розбагатіти.

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
(archaic, poetic, transitive)To quicken.

Examples

929 sentences

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

quicks, quicking, quicked, quicked

Base form	quick · to quick
3rd person singular	quicks
Present participle	quicking
Past simple	quicked
Past participle	quicked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	quick
he, she, it	quicks

Past simpleLesson

all persons

quicked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have quicked
he, she, it	has quicked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will quick

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

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