Quickest

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quick \Quick\, a. [Compar. {Quicker}; superl. {Quickest}.] [As.
     cwic, cwicu, cwucu, cucu, living; akin to OS. quik, D. kwik,
     OHG. quec, chec, G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living,
     Goth. qius, Lith. q[=y]vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living,
     vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. j[imac]va living,
     j[imac]v to live. Cf. {Biography}, {Vivid}, {Quitch grass},


     {Whitlow}.]
     1. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to {dead} or
        {inanimate}.
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              Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. --Chaucer.
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              The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and
              the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. --2 Tim.
                                                    iv. 1.
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              Man is no star, but a quick coal
              Of mortal fire.                       -- Herbert.
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     Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in
           some compounds, or in particular phrases.
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     2. Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly;
        agile; brisk; ready. " A quick wit." --Shak.
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     3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
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              Oft he to her his charge of quick return
              Repeated.                             --Milton.
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     4. Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp;
        unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
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              The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and
              signified that he was much offended.  -- Latimer.
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     5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
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              The air is quick there,
              And it pierces and sharpens the stomach. -- Shak.
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     6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick
        ear. "To have an open ear, a quick eye." --Shak.
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              They say that women are so quick.     --Tennyson.
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     7. Pregnant; with child. --Shak.
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     {Quick grass}. (Bot.) See {Quitch grass}.
  
     {Quick match}. See under {Match}.
  
     {Quick vein} (Mining), a vein of ore which is productive, not
        barren.
  
     {Quick vinegar}, vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of
        alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous
        material.
  
     {Quick water}, quicksilver water.
  
     {Quick with child}, pregnant with a living child.
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     Syn: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready;
          active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively;
          sprightly.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quickest
       adv : most quickly [syn: {fastest}]