Quick and the dead
The living and the dead, as in The explosion was loud enough to wake the quick and the dead . Although quick has been used for “living” since the 9th century a.d. , it survives only in this idiom and in cut to the quick , and may be obsolescent.
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- Quick-assets
plural noun, Accounting. 1. liquid assets including cash, receivables, and marketable securities. plural noun 1. (accounting) assets readily convertible into cash; liquid current assets
- Quick-bread
noun 1. bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
- Quick buck
modifier : Fast-buck speculators were getting rich on inflated FHA appraisals/ Fast-buck artists, dreamers, and even some well-heeled companies noun phrase Money gotten quickly, esp without too fine a concern for ethics or the future: tryin’ to hustle me for a fast buck (1940s+) Related Terms fast buck
- Quick-change artist
[kwik-cheynj] /ˈkwɪkˈtʃeɪndʒ/ noun 1. a person adept at changing from one thing to another, as an entertainer who changes costumes quickly during a performance. noun 1. an actor or entertainer who undertakes several rapid changes of costume during his performance
- Quick-cure resin
quick-cure resin n. See autopolymer resin.