quick

noun
Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.Plants used in making a quickset hedgeThe life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.Quitchgrass.A fast bowler.

verb
To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.To quicken.

adjective
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.(of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren

adverb
Quickly, in a quick manner.