Antonyms for quicks

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kwik

Phonetic Transcription : kwɪk

Definition of quicks

Origin : Old English cwic "living, alive, animate," and figuratively, of mental qualities, "rapid, ready," from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian quik, Old Norse kvikr "living, alive," Dutch kwik "lively, bright, sprightly," Old High German quec "lively," German keck "bold"), from PIE root *gweie- "to live" (see bio-). Sense of "lively, swift" developed by late 12c., on notion of "full of life."
NE swift or the now more common fast may apply to rapid motion of any duration, while in quick (in accordance with its original sense of 'live, lively') there is a notion of 'sudden' or 'soon over.' We speak of a fast horse or runner in a race, a quick starter but not a quick horse. A somewhat similar feeling may distinguish NHG schnell and rasch or it may be more a matter of local preference. [Buck]
Of persons, "mentally active," from late 15c. Also in Middle English used of soft soils, gravel pits, etc. where the ground is shifting and yielding (mid-14c., cf. quicksand). As an adverb from c.1300. To be quick about something is from 1937. Quick buck is from 1946, American English. Quick-change artist (1886) originally was an actor expert in playing different roles in the same performance of a show. Quick-witted is from 1520s.

As in marrow : noun heart, essence
As in root : noun base, core
As in soft spot : noun raw spot
As in center : noun middle point
As in gravamen : noun heart
As in midpoint : noun center
As in core : noun center, gist
As in heart : noun essence, central part

Example sentences :

Once we had got thoroughly in with the Quicks, that was not long in coming.
Extract from : « Ravensdene Court » by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

The Quicks were as sharp as their name—they knew the sort of men they wanted.
Extract from : « Ravensdene Court » by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

But now about that island and the Quicks, and how they and the rest of us got out of it.
Extract from : « Ravensdene Court » by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

The quicks are not so good as when they were planted; it can never make a good hedge.
Extract from : « Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation » by James Buckman

The next subject for consideration is that of the planting of the quicks.
Extract from : « Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation » by James Buckman

Mr. Hearty was preoccupied with the quicks of his finger-nails.
Extract from : « Mrs. Bindle » by Hebert Jenkins

At a little after three they were in Quicks Hole, bobbing about gayly in the wake of a steamer.
Extract from : « Four Afloat » by Ralph Henry Barbour

Old bundles of quicks, that have stood it may be two or three weekly markets, will be sure to cause disappointment.
Extract from : « Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation » by James Buckman

We escaped the quicks, thank heaven, and just at dark the welcome lights of the school shone out in the narrow valley.
Extract from : « Mothering on Perilous » by Lucy S. Furman

These rubies that the Quicks had came from there—they were remarkably fine ones.
Extract from : « Ravensdene Court » by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

Synonyms for quicks

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