quick

  1. Adjective.  Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
  2. Adjective.  Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
  3. Adjective.  Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
  4. Adjective.  Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
  5. Adjective.  Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
  6. Adjective.  (archaic) Alive, living.
  7. Adjective.  (archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
  8. Adjective.  Of water: flowing.
  9. Adjective.  Burning, flammable, fiery.
  10. Adverb.  (colloquial) to do with speed, quickly.
  11. Noun.  raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

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