quick
- adverb
- /kwɪk/
- Informal
- I have to do it pretty quick, too.
- get rich quick
- real quick
- quick enough
Here, Let me dip in there real quick there.
- Here, Let me dip in there real quick there.
- I would teach myself to forgive a lot quicker, including myself.
- So listen, talk to me real quick on wrapping this up.
- Yeah, I started to feel it pretty quicker than I had the night prior.
Examples
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I'll just call him real quick and see where he is.
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The party died out pretty quick there.
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I want to talk to you quickly about Jack and Max.
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Yeah, but really quickly, why is that possible?
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Oh, let me just quickly try to save this.
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Please come quick, right now.
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We get to the workshop as quick as possible without anybody seeing us.
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And we need to know what's wrong with it pretty quick.
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Already I know this guy got rich quick doing something the Feds don't like.
Fiction book (1992) -
I need you to respond to the email quickly so we can move forward with the project.
Synonyms
Moving or happening quickly
At a fast speed or without delay
In a very short time
Right away without any delay
Without delay or at the planned time
Quickly and smoothly
After a very short time
In a quick, careless way
Very quickly in a single moment
Happen at once without delay
Acting quickly with little care
Very quickly without delay
Quickly and without careful thought
Without delay after something happens
To act quickly without delay
It happens very quickly with little effort
Very quickly, without delay
Happen very fast
Very fast without waiting
In a very short time
Very fast, without delay
Happens very quickly
Very quickly and in a hurry
Soon, without much delay
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A dishonest plan that promises to make you rich quickly with little work
- UK
A marching pace faster than walking and slower than running at about 120 steps per minute
- Specialized
Money and things that can become cash quickly, like short-term investments or amounts customers owe
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A fast basketball shot near the basket taken quickly after a player gets the ball
A very quick answer to a question given without thinking, often one after another
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A machine or process that makes food very cold quickly to keep its taste and vitamins
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Quick comes from an Old English word cwic meaning 'alive'. Used as a short adverb, it keeps the same idea: do something like a living thing would—without delay or very fast.