Australian English Meaning of quick

quick

Other Australian English words related to quick

synonyms

• brisk
• speedy
• fast
• immediate
• prompt
• quick
• Ready
• responsive
• fast
• willing
• eager
• alert
• Clever
• eager
• instant
• instantaneous
• keen
• receptive
• sharp
• clever
• quick
• summary
• apt
• breakneck
• Breathless
• fleet
• hit-and-run
• lightning
• quick-witted
• Rapid-fire
• rattling
• Snappy
• whirlwind
• Fleet-footed

antonyms

• Crawling
• creeping
• dragging
• lazy
• leisurely
• slow
• Sluggish
• unhurried
• unresponsive
• dawdling
• dawdling
• slow to act
• idle
• inactive
• inert
• laggard
• lagging
• slow
• poking
• slow
• lazy
• late
• lethargic
• Slowish
• dormant
• shilly-shallying
• lazy

Definitions and Meaning of quick in English

Wordnet

quick (n)

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

Wordnet

quick (s)

accomplished rapidly and without delay

hurried and brief

moving quickly and lightly

apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

performed with little or no delay

easily aroused or excited

Wordnet

quick (r)

with little or no delay

Webster

quick (superl.)

Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.

Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready.

Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.

Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper.

Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.

Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear.

Pregnant; with child.

Webster

quick (adv.)

In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.

Webster

quick (n.)

That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge.

The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively.

Quitch grass.

Webster

quick (v. t. & i.)

To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive.

FAQs About the word quick

What is the Australian English meaning of the word quick

quick

What is the English meaning of the word quick

any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail), accomplished rapidly and without delay, hur

What are the synonyms of the word quick

brisk,speedy,fast,immediate,prompt,quick,Ready,responsive,fast,willing

What are the antonyms of the word quick

Crawling,creeping,dragging,lazy,leisurely,slow,Sluggish,unhurried,unresponsive,dawdling