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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

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