Adjective

(en adjective)

Of or relating to the drama.

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Striking in appearance or effect.

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Having a powerful, expressive singing voice.

Adjective

(er)

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

I ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough.

He's a quick runner.

Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.

That was a quick meal.

Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.

You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.

Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.

My father is old but he still has a quick wit.

Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.

* Latimer

The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended.

(archaic) Alive, living.

* Bible, 2 Timothy iv. 1

the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead

* Herbert

Man is no star, but a quick coal / Of mortal fire.

* 1874 , , X

The inmost oratory of my soul,

Wherein thou ever dwellest quick or dead,

Is black with grief eternal for thy sake.

(archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.

* Shakespeare

she's quick ; the child brags in her belly already: tis yours

Of water: flowing.

Burning, flammable, fiery.

Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.

* Shakespeare

The air is quick there, / And it pierces and sharpens the stomach.

(mining, of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren