quick

/kwɪk/

/kwɪk/

Other forms: quicker; quickest; quicks

If you are quick, you move with speed. You may be a quick runner or "a quick study" — if you tend to learn things quickly.

The adjective quick can also mean brief and fleeting — as in a quick visit or a quick trip to the store. Quick also means without delay: "You'll need to jot a quick reply to the party invitation." The noun quick is a whole other story; it's a highly sensitive bit of skin, especially the skin under the fingernails or toe nails. Be careful not to chew your nails down to the quick — especially your toe nails.

Definitions of quick

1. adjective

   moving quickly and lightly
   “quick of foot”

   synonyms: agile, nimble, spry

   active

   characterized by energetic activity
2. adjective

   hurried and brief
   “a quick inspection”

   synonyms: fast, flying

   hurried

   moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
3. adjective

   accomplished rapidly and without delay
   “was quick to make friends”

   “his quick reaction prevented an accident”

   synonyms: speedy

   fast

   acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
4. adjective

   performed with little or no delay
   “was quick to respond”

   synonyms: immediate, prompt, straightaway

   fast

   acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
5. adjective

   apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
   “a quick mind”

   synonyms: ready

   intelligent

   having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
6. adjective

   easily aroused or excited
   “a quick temper”

   synonyms: warm

   excitable

   easily excited
7. adverb

   with little or no delay
   “come here, quick!”

   synonyms: promptly, quickly
8. noun

   any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
   type of:

   area, region

   a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve