Thick and fast
Rapidly crowding, coming so fast they run together, as in The questions came at him thick and fast . This term originated in the second half of the 1500s as thick and threefold and was replaced by the current version about 1700. For a synonym, see fast and furious
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- Thick as thieves
Intimate, closely allied, as in The sisters-in-law are thick as thieves. This term uses thick in the sense of “intimate,” a usage that is obsolete except in this simile. [ Early 1800s ]
- Thick clay
(Hab. 2:6) is correctly rendered in the Revised Version “pledges.” The Chaldean power is here represented as a rapacious usurer, accumulating the wealth that belonged to others.
- Thick client
noun 1. (computing) a computer having its own hard drive, as opposed to one on a network where most functions are carried out on a central server See thin client
- Thicken
verb (used with or without object) 1. to make or become thick or thicker. 2. to make or grow more intense, profound, intricate, or complex: The plot thickens. verb 1. to make or become thick or thicker: thicken the soup by adding flour 2. (intransitive) to become more involved: the plot thickened
- Thickener
noun 1. something that thickens. 2. an apparatus for the sedimentation and removal of solids suspended in various liquids.