band aid quick fix quickie quicky | hurried repair |
quick march | marching at quick time |
acting playing playacting performing | the performance of a part or role in a drama |
method acting method | an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed |
quick | any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail) |
mental quickness quickness quick-wittedness | intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay |
acting out | (psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words), considered to be healthy and therapeutic |
acting out | a (usually irritating) impulsive and uncontrollable outburst by a problem child or a neurotic adult |
irascibility short temper spleen quick temper | a feeling of resentful anger |
quick bread | breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking |
quick study sponge | someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily, she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge |
dog grass couch grass quackgrass quack grass quick grass witch grass witchgrass Agropyron repens | European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes, naturalized in North America as a weed |
fast buck quick buck | quick or easy earnings, they are traders out to make a fast buck |
liquid assets current assets quick assets | assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) |
quick time | a normal marching pace ofsteps per minute |
quick-freeze flash-freeze | freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors, quick-freeze the shrimp |
agile nimble quick spry | 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 |
quick-witted | mentally nimble and resourceful, quick-witted debater, saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact |
self-acting self-activating self-moving self-regulating | designed to activate or move or regulate itself, a self-activating sprinkler system |
quick-change(a) | adept at changing from one thing to another especially changing costumes, a quick-change artist |
quick-drying | of a liquid substance that dries quickly |
sharp-eared quick-eared | having keen hearing |
quick warm | easily aroused or excited, a quick temper, a warm temper |
double-quick | (of a marching cadence) very quick |
immediate prompt quick straightaway | performed with little or no delay, an immediate reply to my letter, a prompt reply, was quick to respond, a straightaway denial |
quick speedy | 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 |
flash-frozen quick-frozen frozen | (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value, frozen foods |
choleric irascible hotheaded hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered | quickly aroused to anger, a hotheaded commander |
flying quick fast | hurried and brief, paid a flying visit, took a flying glance at the book, a quick inspection, a fast visit |
quick ready | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity, a quick mind, a ready wit |
long-acting | active over a long period of time |
quick-sighted sharp-sighted sharp-eyed | keenly perceptive or alert, quick-sighted into the faults of the time- Leonard Bacon |
acting(a) | serving temporarily especially as a substitute, the acting president |
argus-eyed hawk-eyed keen-sighted lynx-eyed quick-sighted sharp-eyed sharp-sighted | having very keen vision, quick-sighted as a cat |
promptly quickly quick | with little or no delay, the rescue squad arrived promptly, come here, quick! |
double time double quick | at a faster speed, now let's play the piece again double-quick |