1. [n]  any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
2. [adv]  with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"
3. [adj]  moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"
4. [adj]  easily aroused or excited; "a quick temper"; "a warm temper"
5. [adj]  performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"
6. [adj]  accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial"
7. [adj]  hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
8. [adj]  apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit"

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1. \Quick\, a. [Compar. {Quicker}; superl. {Quickest}.] [As.
   cwic, cwicu, cwucu, cucu, living; akin to OS. quik, D. kwik,
   OHG. quec, chec, G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living,
   Goth. qius, Lith. q[=y]vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living,
   vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. j[=i]va living, j[=i]v
   to live. Cf. {Biography}, {Vivid}, {Quitch grass},
   {Whitlow}.]
   1. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to {dead} or
      {inanimate}.
            Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. --Chaucer.
            The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and
            the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. --2 Tim.
                                                  iv. 1.
            Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire. --
                                                  Herbert.
   Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in
         some compounds, or in particular phrases.
   2. Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly;
      agile; brisk; ready. `` A quick wit.'' --Shak.
   3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
            Oft he her his charge of quick return Repeated.
                                                  --Milton.
   4. Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp;
      unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
            The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and
            signified that he was much offended.  -- Latimer.
   5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
            The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens
            the stomach.                          -- Shak.
   6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick
      ear. ``To have an open ear, a quick eye.'' --Shak.
            They say that women are so quick.     --Tennyson.
   7. Pregnant; with child. --Shak.
   {Quick grass}. (Bot.) See {Quitch grass}.
   {Quick match}. See under {Match}.
   {Quick vein} (Mining), a vein of ore which is productive, not
      barren.
   {Quick vinegar}, vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of
      alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous
      material.
   {Quick water}, quicksilver water.
   {Quick with child}, pregnant with a living child.
   Syn: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready;
        active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively;
        sprightly.
   

2. \Quick\, adv.
   In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste;
   speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.
         If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind
         are performed.                           -- Locke.
   

3. \Quick\, n.
   1. That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant;
      especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a
      living hedge.
            The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick.
                                                  --Evelyn.
   2. 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.
            This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick.
                                                  --Latimer.
            How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when
            they come to the quick of the difference ! --Fuller.
   3. (Bot.) Quitch grass. --Tennyson.
   

4. \Quick\, v. t. & i. [See {Quicken}.]
   To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. [Obs.]
   --Chaucer.
   

An early system on the IBM 701.

[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].