QUICKS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Quick

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

Old English cwic, cwicu ‘alive, animated, alert’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kwiek ‘sprightly’ and German keck ‘saucy’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vivus ‘alive’ and Greek bios, zōē ‘life’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: kwɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:

the soft tender flesh below the growing part of a fingernail or toenail.

Short Definition:

soft tender flesh below growing part of fingernail or toenail

Definition:

those who are living

Short Definition:

those who are living

Examples:
  • the quick and the dead
Definition:

a fast bowler.

Short Definition:

fast bowler

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