Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
Alive, living.
Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus’s movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
Of water: flowing.
Burning, flammable, fiery.
Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
productive; not "dead" or barren
quickly
with speed
raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
plants used in making a quickset hedge
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
quitchgrass
A fast bowler.
To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
To quicken.
Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input.
Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change. (Rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent.)
(proscribed, old use) Effective.
