Definition of "quick" in английский

adjective

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.
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
- That was a quick meal.
Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
- You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.
Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
- My father is old but he still has a quick wit.
(of people or tempers) Easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
- She has a very quick temper.
- He is wont to be rather quick of temper when tired.
(archaic) Alive, living.
(archaic, of a foetus) At the stage where it can be felt to move in the uterus.
- Whoever does any act under such circumstances that if he thereby caused death he would be guilty of culpable homicide, and does by such act cause the death of a quick unborn child, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
(now rare, archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
(archaic, of water) Flowing, not stagnant.
(archaic) Burning, flammable, fiery.
(obsolete) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
(mining, of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren
(crosswording) Not cryptic.
Being a distinctively sensitive kind of glaciomarine clay that may behave like a watery fluid under stress.

adverb

noun

Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
Plants used in making a quickset hedge
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
(with "the", archaic) Synonym of living (“those who are alive”).
- the quick and the dead
Quitchgrass.
(cricket) A fast bowler.