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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kwik
Phonetic Transcription : kwɪk

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Définition of quicker

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.
  • adj fast, speedy
  • adj smart
Example sentences :
  • Because the albaboss is quicker and more powerful in action.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • A person can learn them 'most anything; and they learn it quicker than any other cretur, too.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • And yet Aggie had a quicker and more intelligent look than Lady Castlederry.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • He and Rose would have to get down to a genuine basis, and the quicker the better.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • The quicker wit of the young woman first scented his meaning.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • She was quicker to perceive the slightest matter here, than in any other case—but one.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Not quite; there is one quicker, which you will discover some day if you overbalance at the top!
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Harry heard Dora breathe quick and quicker, but she said nothing.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • He knew this sort of work and could do it quicker and more quietly than mine.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • Even the winds shall not be quicker than I am in the work it is my duty to do.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd

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