quick

quick1 [ kwık ] adjective ***

1. ) able to move fast or do something fast:

He's surprisingly quick for such a big man.

a quick worker

a ) able to understand things very easily:

a quick learner

2. ) done or happening in a short time:

He took a quick glance over his shoulder.

a series of quick nervous movements

in quick succession (=one after the other with little time between them): Three explosions were heard in quick succession.

3. ) the quick LITERARY the most important part of something

a ) the sensitive skin under your FINGERNAILS and TOENAILS

be quick

to hurry

be quick off the mark INFORMAL

to do something quickly or immediately and before other people

be quick on your feet

to be able to walk or run fast

be quick to do something

to do something very quickly, especially as a reaction to something someone else has said or done:

Townsend was quick to point out that it has been a team effort.

have a quick temper

to become angry easily and often

make a quick buck INFORMAL

to earn money quickly, especially without making much effort:

a seller who's only interested in making a quick buck

the quick and the dead LITERARY

people who are alive as well as people who are dead

quick

quick 2 [ kwık ] adverb SPOKEN *

quickly:

As quick as I pick up the toys, he throws them on the floor again.

Quick, Mom, come and look at this!

a quick-drying fabric

(as) quick as a flash (=very quickly): Quick as a flash, he pulled the gun out of its holster.