quick (quicker comparative) (quickest superlative )
1 adj Someone or something that is quick moves or does things with great speed., (Antonym: slow)
You'll have to be quick. The flight leaves in about three hours..., I think I'm a reasonably quick learner...
quickly adv ADV with v (Antonym: slowly)
Cussane worked quickly and methodically...
quickness n-uncount
...the natural quickness of his mind.
2 adv Quicker is sometimes used to mean `at a greater speed', and quickest to mean `at the greatest speed'. Quick is sometimes used to mean `with great speed'. Some people consider this to be non-standard.
INFORMAL ADV after v
Warm the sugar slightly first to make it dissolve quicker...
3 adj Something that is quick takes or lasts only a short time.
He took one last quick look about the room..., Although this recipe looks long, it is actually very quick to prepare...
quickly adv ADV with v
You can become fitter quite quickly and easily.
4 adj Quick means happening without delay or with very little delay.
usu ADJ n
(=speedy)
These investors feel the need to make quick profits.
quickly adv ADV with v
It quickly became the most popular men's fragrance in the world...
5 adv Quick is sometimes used to mean `with very little delay'.
INFORMAL ADV after v
I got away as quick as I could...
6 adj If you are quickto do something, you do not hesitate to do it.
v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to-inf
Mark says the ideas are Katie's own, and is quick to praise her talent...
7 adj If someone has a quick temper, they are easily made angry.
ADJ n
8 If something cuts you to the quick, it makes you feel very upset.
LITERARY
cut sb to the quick phrase V inflects
I once heard her weeping in her bedroom, which cut me to the quick.
9 →
quick as a flash →
flash →
quick off the mark →
mark →
quick on the uptake →
uptake
double-quick
If you say that you will do something double-quick, you are emphasizing that you will do it very quickly.
INFORMAL adv ADV after v (emphasis)
Don't worry. We'll have you out of here double-quick. In double-quick time means the same as double-quick.
in double-quick time phrase PHR after v
I was over the fence in double-quick time.
quick-
quick- is added to words, especially present participles, to form adjectives which indicate that a person or thing does something quickly. comb in adj
He was saved by quick-thinking neighbours., ...quick-drying paint.
quick fix (quick fixes plural )If you refer to a quick fix to a problem, you mean a way of solving a problem that is easy but temporary or inadequate. n-count oft with neg (disapproval)
...tax measures enacted as a quick fix.
quick-tempered
Someone who is quick-tempered often gets angry without having a good reason. adj
quick-witted
Someone who is quick-witted is intelligent and good at thinking quickly. adj
