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English

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Adjective

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kwik (comparative kwikker, superlative kwikkest)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of quick.

Usage notes

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  • Phonemic spelling, generally used in commercial names, like Kwik Meal.

Derived terms

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Afrikaans

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Chemical element
Hg
Previous: goud (Au)
Next: tallium (Tl)

Etymology

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From Dutch kwik, short for kwikzilver.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kvək/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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kwik (uncountable)

  1. mercury

Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl
Chemical element
Hg
Previous: goud (Au)
Next: thallium (Tl)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From kwikzilver.

Noun

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kwik n (uncountable)

  1. the element mercury
  2. (metonymous) the temperature
    Het kwik is vannacht tot onder nul gedaald.
    The mercury has dropped to below zero (degrees) tonight.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: kwik
  • Caribbean Javanese: kuwig
  • Papiamentu: kuek, kwik
  • Sranan Tongo: kwek
  • West Frisian: kwik

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch quic, from Old Dutch quic, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz. Compare English quick.

Adjective

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kwik (comparative kwikker, superlative kwikst)

  1. Alternative form of kwiek
Declension
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Declension of kwik
uninflected kwik
inflected kwikke
comparative kwikker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial kwik kwikker het kwikst
het kwikste
indefinite m./f. sing. kwikke kwikkere kwikste
n. sing. kwik kwikker kwikste
plural kwikke kwikkere kwikste
definite kwikke kwikkere kwikste
partitive kwiks kwikkers

Limburgish

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Etymology

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From Dutch kwik.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kwik n

  1. (uncountable) mercury
  2. A part of mercury

Inflection

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Polish

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Etymology

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Deverbal from kwiczeć.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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kwik

  1. oink, squeak (used to imitate the sound a pig or boar makes)

Noun

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kwik m inan

  1. oink, squeak (high-pitched sound made by pigs, boars, horses, or other animals)
  2. squeak (high-pitched sound made by a person that the speaker does not like)

Declension

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nouns
verbs

Further reading

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  • kwik I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kwik II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kwik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian quik, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (living; active). More at quick.

Adjective

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kwik

  1. perk; nimble

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English quick.

Adjective

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kwik

  1. quick