quick
/kwɪk/ verb C2- To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
He/she/it quicks · Past quicked · Past participle quicked · -ing form quicking
Verb forms
- Base form
- quick
- He/she/it
- quicks
- Past
- quicked
- Past participle
- quicked
- -ing form
- quicking
From the library
Douglas’s face lit with a quick smile.
Commend me to a sailor for going the quick way to work!”
“Quick, Dorothy!” she screamed.
As quick as lightning the man’s head shot forward and his neck stretched out until the top of the head, where it was flat, struck the Scarecrow in the middle and sent him tumbling, over and over, down the hill.
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