kwik

kwik (comparative kwikker, superlative kwikkest)

1. Eye dialect spelling of quick.

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

From Dutch kwik, short for kwikzilver.

• IPA^(key): /kvək/

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kwik (uncountable)

1. mercury

• IPA^(key): /kʋɪk/

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• Hyphenation: kwik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

From kwikzilver.

kwik n (uncountable)

1. the element mercury
2. (metonymous) thermometer

   Het kwik is vannacht tot onder nul gedaald.

   Temperatures have decreased to below zero (centigrade) tonight.

• kwikzilver

• kwikthermometer

• kek
• kwikstaart
• kwikzand
• kwikzilver
• verkwikken

• Afrikaans: kwik
• → Caribbean Javanese: kuwig
• → Papiamentu: kuek, kwik
• → Sranan Tongo: kwek
• → West Frisian: kwik

From Middle Dutch quic, from Old Dutch quic, from Proto-West Germanic *kwik(k)w, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz. Compare English quick.

kwik (comparative kwikker, superlative kwikst)

1. Alternative form of kwiek.

From Dutch kwik.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkwɪ˦ɡ]

kwik n

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

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From Old Frisian quik, from Proto-West Germanic *kwik(k)w, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (“living; active”). More at quick.

kwik

1. perk; nimble

From English quick.

kwik

1. quick