be quick Definition

quick
adj quicker, quickest

1. Taking little time.
2. Brief.
3. Fast; rapid; speedy.

Thesaurus: rapid, swift, fast, brisk, nimble, fleet, precipitate, expeditious, winged, prompt, hurried; Antonym: slow.
4. Not delayed; immediate.
5. Intelligent; alert; sharp.

Thesaurus: clever, shrewd, alert, keen-witted, smart, adroit, astute, perceptive, sharp, discerning, responsive; Antonym: dull, slow.
6. Said of the temper: easily roused to anger.
7. Nimble, deft or brisk.
8. Not reluctant or slow (to do something); apt, eager or ready.

Example: quick to take offence

adverb

1. informal
Rapidly.

noun

1. An area of sensitive flesh, especially at the base of the fingernail or toenail.
2. The site where someone's emotions or feelings, etc are supposed to be located.

Example: Her words wounded him to the quick
3. old use
Those who are alive.
Example: the quick and the dead
Form: the quick (usually)

Derivative: quickly
adverb

Fast, rapidly or speedily
Thesaurus: rapidly, swiftly, briskly, expeditiously, fast, hastily, hurriedly, promptly, pronto.

Derivative: quickness
noun

Idiom: be quick

To act immediately.

Idiom: be quick off the mark

To act promptly.

Idiom: be quick on the draw

To react or respond, etc promptly.

To pull a gun from its holster quickly.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon cwic alive.