band aid
quick fix
quickie
quicky | hurried repair |
| quick march | marching at quick time |
| 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 |
denseness dumbness
slow-wittedness | the quality of being mentally slow and limited |
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 |
| 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 |
quick-sighted
sharp-sighted
sharp-eyed | keenly perceptive or alert, quick-sighted into the faults of the time- Leonard Bacon |
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 |