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Quick take

any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of quick gathered in one view.

noun

any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

adjective

accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial"

adjective

hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for quick.

noun

any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

adjective

hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

adjective

moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"

adjective

apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit"

adjective

performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"

See also: immediate, prompt, straightaway

adjective

easily aroused or excited; "a quick temper"; "a warm temper"

adverb

with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"

Example sentences

Also, guys, can I ask a quick favour?

Needles are needles so there was discomfort, but it was very quick -- like a hard pinch.

I had written a scratchpad plugin so I did a quick search for "wScratchPad" and sure enough it's there.

For people without children, here are some quick notes on the situation in kiddieland:- My son is 7.

We believe that everyone should have quick and easy access to their own stuff -- email, apps, bookmarks, and more.

Most importantly, most apps run in the 5-50MB range, so downloads are quick and my apps are ready to go in minutes.

Luckily for me, I was quick enough to react and hide away my most important item, my iPhone 4.

Details, regardless of how pixel-perfect they are, do blur upon quick glance, and the more details there are, the more it looks like a gray blob.

A quick Mars timeline:Mars was formed around the time Earth was, but it was blessed with only 11% of Earth's mass and less than 40% of Earth's gravity field.

Doing specs in small quick chunks, then writing code, is probably the best approach for lean/agile startup teams that don't yet have customer/product fit.

Like any market, with the prices rising so quick, it changed behaviours - suddenly many of the hunters in the game were out killing birds to collect meat.

While it's encouraging to see such a thorough debunking of the latest security theater technology, it's always been security theater... Allow me a few quick anecdotes:My family is friends with a gentleman who was a green beret medic during Viet Nam, and later worked for the CIA.