How do you use the word "quick" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "quick": Be quick, or you will miss the train. There's enough time for a quick snack.

Quick Meaning

/kwɪk/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjMoving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.

adjOccurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.

Sentence Examples

Be quick, or you will miss the train.

There's enough time for a quick snack.

I had to do some quick thinking.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

fast speedy nimble

Antonyms:

slow

CEFR Practice Quiz

The rabbit moved very ____ to escape the hungry fox that chased it.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The paramedic needed to act ____ to stabilize the patient before transporting him to hospital.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English quik, quic (“living, alive, active”), from Old English cwic (“alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku (“alive, lively quick”), from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (“alive, lively, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), *gʷeyh₃w- (“to live”). For semantic development, compare lively. Cognate with Dutch kwik, kwiek (“lively, quick”), German keck (“sassy, cheeky”), Danish kvik (“lively, quick-witted, quick”), kvæg (“cattle”), Faroese kvikur (“quick”), Icelandic kvikur (“lively, quick”), Norn kvikk, hwikk (“living, swarming, teeming”), Norwegian kvikk (“quick, lively, quick-witted”), Swedish kvick (“quick, witty”), and also (from Indo-European) with Greek βίος (víos, “life”), Latin vivus (“alive”), Lithuanian gývas (“alive”), Latvian dzīvs (“alive”), Russian живо́й (živój, “alive, lively, quick”), Polish żywy (“alive”), Welsh byw (“alive”), Irish beo (“alive”), biathaigh (“to feed”), Northern Kurdish jîn (“to live”), jiyan (“life”), giyan (“soul”), can (“soul”), Sanskrit जीव (jīva, “alive”), Albanian nxit (“to urge, stimulate”). Doublet of jiva.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The quickest and nimblest were probably the oxycones, throwing themselves through the water like discuses." — 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 87:

"Veronica Ripley, 32, often speaks to friends about the role that video games played in her trans awakening: “I would try to explain it away, saying that I was playing the girl character because she had a smaller hitbox or quicker kill animations,” she said, referring to in-game advantages." — 2023 December 27, Zachary Small, “Video Games Let Them Choose a Role. Their Transgender Identities Flourished.”, in The New York Times:

"The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended." — 1549, Hugh Latimer, The Sixth Sermon Preached Before King Edward, April 6 1549:

"I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Ieſus Chriſt, who ſhall iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearing, and his kingdome:" — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Timothy 4:1, column 2:

"Man is no star, but a quick coal / Of mortal fire." — 1633, George Herbert, The Temple:

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