Definitions
moving quickly and lightly
Word origin
From Middle English quik, quic (“living, alive, active”), from Old English cwic (“alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku (“alive, lively quick”), from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (“alive, lively, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), *gʷeyh₃w- (“to live”). For semantic development, compare lively.
Used in a sentence
“I ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough.”
“He's a quick runner.”
“The quickest and nimblest were probably the oxycones, throwing themselves through the water like discuses.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Fast and brief”5 letters
02“Fast to act”5 letters
03“Fast to finish”5 letters
04“Over in little time”5 letters
05“Swift”5 letters
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