"quick" meaning in English

See quick in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kwɪk/ Audio: en-us-quick.ogg [US], en-uk-quick.ogg [UK] Forms: quick [positive], quicker [comparative], quickest [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|quick|quicker|quickest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Using very little time; moving far in little time.
    Sense id: simple-quick-en-adj-u1CRa3ZS

Adverb

IPA: /kwɪk/ Audio: en-us-quick.ogg [US], en-uk-quick.ogg [UK] Forms: quick [positive], quicker [comparative], Superlativequickest
Head templates: {{adverb|quick|quicker|quickest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Done rapidly.
    Sense id: simple-quick-en-adv-r3sZ1thf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Adverbs
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