Reverse Dictionary: QUI – QUID

QUIBBLE, QUIBBLING – ADJECTIVES
– of the nature of a quibble • QUIBBLY 1895 rare
– quibbling, captious; apt to object or criticize without good reason • CAVILLOUS 1572 obs.
– quibbling, captious; triflingly subtle • QUIDIFICAL 1542 obs. rare
 
QUIBBLE etc. – NOUNS
• ARGUTATION over-refinement in arguing; subtle disputation; cavilling, cavil, quibble …1641 obs.
• BRABBLE a quibble, a captious objection or dispute …1581 obs.
• CAPTION the act of cavilling or taking exception; an objection or cavil; fallacious or captious argument; a quibble, sophism …1605 obs.
• CARRIWITCHET a pun, a quibble, a conundrum; a hoaxing, puzzling, or absurd question …1614
• CARWITCHET a pun, quibble; a hoaxing question or conundrum …1614
• QUABBLE a quibble …B1900 Eng. dial.
• QUIB a quibble; an evasion of the point at issue …a1550 obs.
• QUIBIBBLE a quibble …1606 obs.
• QUIBIBE a quibble …a1550 obs. rare
• QUIBLET a quibble …1630 obs.
• QUIBLIN a pun or quibble; a trick …1605 obs.
• QUIDDIT a subtlety or captious nicety in argument; a quirk, a quibble …1592 now arch.
• QUIDDITY a subtlety or captious nicety in argument; a quirk, a quibble …1539
• QUILICOM an idle fancy, conceit, or quibble …1644 obs. rare
• QUILLET a verbal nicety or subtle distinction; a quirk, a quibble …1588
• QUILLETY  • QUILLITY a quirk, a quibble …1573 obs. rare
• QUIRK a dodge, a trick; a quibble, catch; a question asked in order to elicit information …1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUODDITY a subtle distinction; a quibble, esp. in argument …1682 rare
• BAFFLE a shuffle; quibbling, trifling …1783 obs.
• BAFFLING quibbling; trifling …1653 obs.
• CATASOPHISTRY quibbling, deceit …1609 obs. rare
• QUIBBLEISM the practice of quibbling …1836 rare
 
QUIBBLE etc. – VERBS
• BAFFLE to juggle, to shuffle, to quibble …1656 obs.
• BALK  • BAULK to meet arguments with objections; to quibble, to bandy words …1596 obs.
• BRABBLE to dispute captiously or obstinately; to cavil or quibble …c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs.
• GO ‘TWIXT THE OAK AND THE RIND to make fine distinctions; to split hairs, to quibble …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE to hesitate; to speak confusedly; to falter; to stammer; to prevaricate, to quibble …1790 Eng. dial.
• PETTIFOGULIZE to quibble; to use petty and contemptible means …1853 nonce word
• POLLYFOX to dilly-dally, to delay and discuss, to quibble or equivocate …1873 Amer. dial.
• POLLYFOX AROUND to equivocate, to quibble, to procrastinate; to waste time, to dilly-dally, to delay and discuss …1970 Amer. dial.
• QUABBLE to quibble…B1900 Eng. dial.
• QUILLET to quibble …1653 obs.
• QUODLIBETIFICATE to deal quibblingly with …1743 obs.

QUICK, QUICKEN, QUICKENED, QUICKENING, QUICKER, QUICKEST, QUICKLY, QUICKNESS – ADJECTIVES
• EFTEST soonest, quickest, most convenient …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• RATHEST quickest, soonest, most preferable; most eager …c888 obs.
• TIDDER sooner, earlier, quicker …1790 Eng. dial.
• ACCELERATORY quickening, adding to velocity …1847 rare
• ACCELERATE quickened, hastened …1527 obs. rare
• BRASH active, quick …1887 US
• CHOP-CHOP quick …Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• DAPPER sprightly, quick, active, sharp …E17
• DARTY sharp, quick, active …1869 Eng. dial.
• EDGIE  • EDGY quick, active, both mentally and physically; sharp, smart, clever …1825 Sc.
• FAST-ASS fast, quick …1930s US sl.
• HASTY speedy, quick, expeditious; swift, rapid; sudden …c1340 arch.
• HIEFUL speedy, hasty, hurried, quick, prompt …a1225 obs.
• IMPIGROUS diligent, quick, ready, not slow …1656 obs. rare
• LIGHTSOME moving lightly; lively, nimble, quick …1601
• NETTIE  • NETTY  • NITTIE agile, deft, quick in movement, smart, neat …1892 Sc. 
• PERNICIOUS rapid, swift, quick …a1656 rare
• QUICK AS DAMMIT exceedingly quick…20C colloq.
• QUICK AS SCAT very quick …1927 Amer. dial.
• QUICKER THAN CHAIN LIGHTNING remarkably quick …1910 Amer. dial.
• QUICKER THAN SCAT very quick …1860 Amer. dial.
• QUICKER THAN YOU CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON very quick …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• QUICKIE carried out quickly …1940 US sl.
• QUICKISH quick …1900 Eng. dial.
• QUICKSILVER resembling quicksilver in quickness of movement …1655
• QUIVER active, nimble; quick, rapid …c960 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAKING quick, speedy; energetic, accomplishing much …Bk1905 Sc.
• RAD quick, hasty, speedy; active, prompt, ready, dexterous; eager, elated …a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAKING fast-going, quick, speedy; energetic, accomplishing much …1862
• RAPE quick, hasty …c1400 obs. rare
• RASH active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RATHE quick in action, speedy, prompt; eager, earnest, vehement …c900 Eng. dial. & poetic
• RIFE quick; ready; inclined to …1853 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RIQUILANT nimble, quick …B1900
• SHORT quick, speedy, immediate …1480 obs.
• SLIPPY quick, spry; nimble …1885 UK sl.
• SNAPPY quick; brisk; energetic …1831 Amer. sl.
ׇ• SOON AS DAMMIT exceedingly quick, or almost immediate, soon …1908 UK
• SPACK of a person: quick, prompt, ready …ME obs. exc. Eng. dial obs.
• SPANKING quick and energetic; lively …colloq.
• SUDDENLY quick, rapid …1556 obs. rare
• TALL quick, prompt, ready, active …1530-1600 obs. rare
• TIDY smart, brisk, quick …1899 Eng. dial.
• TITE quick, swift …c1400 obs.
• WIKIWIKI quick, fast, speedy …1967 Hawaii
• YANKING sharp and quick …1824 Sc.
• YAP quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen; desirous …c1450 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAPPY apt, quick …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARE adj. alert, nimble, active, brisk, quick …a1300 arch. & Eng. dial.
• YARRY  • YARY ready; smart, quick; sharp, cunning; wary …1842 Eng. dial.
• YAUP quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen, desirous …c1450 obs.  exc. Sc.
• YAWP quick, apt, ready; eager, keen; desirous; forward …1685 Sc.
• YEDER quick; frequent …a1400-50 obs.
• YEVER eager, quick, prompt …c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
• FAST-ASS 2000 US sl. – fast, quick
• RUSHY 1908 – rushed, hurried; quick
• SMART c1380 – quick in action or response; lively, active; prompt
• SWIPPER a1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – quick, nimble, active
 
QUICK etc. – ADVERBS
• ALL OF A FEATHER WHITE quickly …1935 Amer. dial.
• AS BLIVE as quickly as possible, immediately …1413 obs.
• ASTOOR  • ASTORE speedily, shortly, very quickly …1863 Eng. dial.
• AT A WHIP suddenly, hastily, quickly, briskly …1550
• BEFORE YOU COULD SAY JACKRABBIT very quickly …1966 Amer. dial.
• BELIVE speedily, hastily, quickly, eagerly …c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BELIVELY quickly, at once …c1400 obs. rare
• BILIVE speedily, hastily, quickly, eagerly …c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BLIVE speedily, hastily, quickly, eagerly …c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BLIVELY quickly, at once …c1400 obs. rare
• BOOKITY-BOOK quickly, swiftly …1935 Amer. dial.
• BROTHELY quickly, hastily; violently, furiously …c1340 obs.
• BUCKLETY-WHET lickety-split, very quickly …1859 Amer. dial.
• CHOP-CHOP quickly; immediately; shortly …Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• DAP quickly, suddenly, at one swoop …1895 Eng. dial.
• DING-DUST speedily, quickly …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIRECTLY quickly …1924 Amer. dial.
• FASTLY quickly …1968 Amer. dial.
• HARD quickly, very fast …1889 Eng. dial.
• HASTIFLY  •  HASTIVELY hastily, quickly, speedily …a1327 obs.
• HASTY hastily; quickly, rapidly, soon …c1450 obs.
• HASTYFULLY corrupt form of ‘hastively’; hastily, quickly, speedily …c1500 obs.
• IN A HANDBASKET quickly, surely, easily …1923 Amer. dial.
• IN A JIFF quickly, in a very short time …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A JIFFY quickly, in a very short time …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A PIG’S WHISPER very quickly indeed; immediately; in a very short time …1823 colloq.
• IN A QUACK in a mere moment; quickly, in the shortest possible time …c1840 Sc.
• IN A TWITTER soon, quickly …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• IN A WHIFF easily; quickly …1823 Amer. dial.
• IN JIGTIME very quickly …20C sl.
• IN QUICK STICKS quickly, without delay …1890
• IN SHORT METER quickly, immediately, shortly …1833 Amer. dial.
• IN THE BAT OF AN EYE quickly …1966 Amer. dial.
• IN THE TIME YOU CAN BAT AN EYE very quickly …1966 Amer. dial.
• IN TWO CLAPS OF A LAMB’S TAIL in a moment, very quickly …1892 Sc.
• IN TWO SHAKES OF A DOG’S HIND LEG quickly, immediately, soon …Bk1998 NZ sl.
• KEENLY sharply, quickly, in haste …a1300 obs.
• LICKERTY-TOOT with great speed or vigour; quickly …1909 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-BANG with great speed or vigour; quickly …1935 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-BRINDLE with great speed or vigour; quickly …1905 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-BUMP with great speed or vigour; quickly …1943 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-CLICK with great speed or vigour; quickly …1847 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-CUT with great speed or vigour; quickly …1831 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-LARRUP with great speed or vigour; quickly …1907 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-LEAP with great speed or vigour; quickly …1911 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-LINER with great speed or vigour; quickly …1848 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-SCOOT with great speed or vigour; quickly …1911 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-SMASH with great speed or vigour; quickly …1889 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-SPLIT with great speed or vigour; quickly …1835 Amer.
• LICKETY-WHITTLE with great speed or vigour; quickly …1904 Amer. dial.
• LICKITY-BLINDER with great speed or vigour; quickly …1896 Amer. dial.
• LICKITY-BRINDLE with great speed or vigour; quickly …1896 Amer. dial.
• LICKITY-RIP with great speed or vigour; quickly …1923 Amer. dial.
• LICKITY-SWITCH with great speed or vigour; quickly …1895 Amer. dial.
• LICK-SPLITTING in haste, very rapidly …1931 Amer. dial.
• LIKE A BLINK immediately, very quickly …1950s sl.
• LIKE A KNIFE very quickly …M19 US sl.
• LIKE A LAMPLIGHTER quickly, fast; with long, rapid strides …1838 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LIKE A RAT UP A DRAINPIPE very quickly, immediately …1968
• LIKE A RAT UP A PUMP very quickly, immediately …1911
• LIKE A RAT UP A ROPE very quickly, immediately …1959
• LIKE A STREAK OF CHAIN-LIGHTNING very quickly …1834 Amer. dial.
• LIKE BILLY-HO very quickly; strongly, a lot …1885 colloq.
• LIKE BILLY-O very quickly; strongly, a lot …1885 colloq.
• LIKE BLINKO immediately, very quickly …1950s sl.
• LIKE FUN very quickly; vigorously …c1815 colloq.
• LIKE OLD BOOTS quickly, swiftly …1850 sl.
• LIKE OLD NICK very quickly …1941 Amer. dial.
• LIKE OLD SCRATCH very quickly …1941 Amer. dial.
• LIKE RABBITS very quickly and prolifically …1897 colloq.
• LIKE SMOKE very quickly or vigorously …1825 Amer. dial.
• LIKE SNUFF AT A WAKE very quickly …20C Irish sl.
• LIKE STEAM very quickly, very easily, energetically …M19 sl.
• LIKE TAR very keenly, very quickly …1900s sl.
• LIKE THE MISCHIEF very quickly …1941 Amer. dial.
• LIKE THE OLD HARRY quickly …1941 Amer. dial.
• LIKE THE OLD SCRATCH very quickly …1941 Amer. dial.
• LIKE WINKY very quickly; in a moment; as in the twinkling of an eye …1855 Eng. dial.
• LIKKETY-DAMN with great speed or vigour; quickly …1923 Amer. dial.
• LIKKETY-HELL with great speed or vigour; quickly …1923 Amer. dial.
• LIKKETY-RIP with great speed or vigour; quickly …1923 Amer. dial.
• LIKKETY-SCOOT with great speed or vigour; quickly …1923 Amer. dial.
• LIKKETY-WHOOP with great speed or vigour; quickly …1923 Amer. dial.
• MOST RICKY-TICK very quickly …1970s sl., orig. US military
• NOTHING FLAT very quickly …1947 US sl.
• NO TIME FLAT very quickly …1957 US sl.
• PEART briskly, quickly; in a lively or agreeable way …1832 Amer. dial.
• POCO PRONTO at once, quickly, immediately …1907 Amer. dial.
• QUICK quickly …20C usage
• QUICK AND QUIDDER quickly, forthwith …1633 Sc. rare
• QUICK AS A CAT CAN BAT ITS EYE very quickly …1966 Amer. dial.
• QUICKISH quickly …1888 Eng. dial.
• QUICK QUIDDER swiftly, quickly …1866 Sc.
• QUICK-SMART quickly …1952 Aust. sl.
• QUICK-STICK(S) quickly, without delay …1877
• QUICKSVILLE fast, quickly …1960s US sl.
• QUICKTIME quickly, immediately …M19 Black British sl.
• QUIDDER swiftly, quickly, esp. of sudden vanishing …1866 Sc.
• QUIVERLY actively, quickly, smartly …c960 obs.
• RAD quickly, readily, soon …c1250 obs.
• RADLY quickly, promptly, without delay, soon …c888 obs.
• RAM BAM quickly …20C Amer. sl.
• RAPE hastily, quickly …c1400 obs. rare
• RAPELIKE hastily, in haste, quickly …c1220 obs.
• RAPELY hastily, in haste, quickly …a1352 obs.
• RAPTLY quickly …1646 obs.
• RASH quickly, eagerly, hurriedly …1884 Eng. dial.
• RASHLY quickly, rapidly, hastily …a1547 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATHE denoting rapidity in the performance or completion of an action; quickly, rapidly, swiftly, esp. without delay, promptly, soon …c825 obs.
• RATHELY quickly, rapidly, swiftly …a950 obs.
• SKEET quickly, hastily, immediately …c1200 obs.
• SKELP quickly and violently; suddenly 
• SLAP quickly, unexpectedly, suddenly …L17 sl.
• SPLIT-ARSE very quickly …1910s sl.
• TANTIVY at full gallop; swiftly, quickly, hastily; headlong …1641 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAPLY at break of day, early in the morning; privately; quickly …1746 Eng. dial. obs.
• TIGHT tightly; smartly, quickly; strenuously, soundly …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIGHTLY promptly, quickly; actively, smartly …1873 Sc.
• TIT quickly, soon …a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITE quickly, soon …a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITELY quickly, speedily, smartly; soon …a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITLY quickly, speedily, smartly; soon …a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITTER more quickly; sooner, earlier …a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• UNGHERE soon, quickly …c1250 obs.
• WIGHT quickly, without delay …ME obs.
• WIKIWIKI quickly, hastily, right away …1917 Hawaii
• WITH ALL SAIL SET in a quick and determined manner; hurriedly …1916 Amer. dial. ​
• WITH A WHIP SIR JOHN very quickly or suddenly …1631 obs.
• YARE quickly, without delay, promptly, immediately, soon …c1250 obs.
• YARELY quickly, promptly, nimbly, briskly, diligently, eagerly …a900 arch.
• YEDERLY quickly …a1300 obs.
• YEPLY quickly, briskly; promptly, without delay …a1300 obs.
• YERNE quickly, swiftly, rapidly, fast, briskly, at a great rate …a1023 obs.
• YERNE quickly, without delay, immediately, directly, soon …c1320 obs.
• YEVERLY greedily, quickly …c900 obs. exc. Sc.
• LIKE SMOKE 1825 Amer. dial. – very quickly or vigorously
• AT A TWITCH 1528 obs. – in a moment; very quickly, without delay
• BISH-BASH-BOSH 1980s UK sl. – quickly, efficiently, in quick succession
• BY THE NEW TIME 1910s sl. – very quickly
• IN A TWITCH 1726 obs. – in a moment; very quickly, without delay
• LIKE A DOSE OF SALTS 1837 UK – very quickly and effectively
• LIKE FUN 1819 rare – energetically, very quickly, vigorously
• LIKE SMARTIES 1967 – voraciously; in great numbers or very quickly
• LIKE SMOKE 1832 – very quickly, rapidly
• SWIPPERLY a1400 obs. – quickly, nimbly
• SWITH c1275 obs. – rapidly, quickly, swiftly
• SWITHLY 1370 obs. – rapidly, quickly, swiftly
 
QUICK etc. – INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
• DON’T LET FLIES STICK TO YOUR HEELS be quick …1836
• IGAREE!  •  IGGRY! hurry up! quickly! …1910s sl.
• YARE! a command to get ready quickly; quick!; esp. in nautical usage …1606 arch.
• LOOK SNAPPY! quickly! …1926 UK sl.
• MAKE IT SNAPPY! quickly! …1926 UK sl.
• SWITH! int. c1175 obs. – quick!
 
QUICK etc. – NOUNS
• BICKER a quick movement; the noise caused by a succession of rapid strokes …1785 Sc.
• BINNER a quick movement, a noisy dash …Bk1911 Sc. 
• BONDI BUS used as an example of something that moves quickly …1959 Aust. sl.
• BONDI TRAIN used as an example of something that moves quickly …1959 Aust. sl.
• LICK a quick pace or clip; speed …colloq.
• NAVITY diligence, stirring, quickness, speed …1623 obs. rare
• ONCE a quick treatment or superficial job, such as a quick clean-up …1930s sl.
• ONCE-OVER a quick treatment or superficial job, such as a quick clean-up …1930s sl.
• RALLY a rush; a quick pace …1880 Sc.
• RATTLE a quick pace; speed; impetus; a dash …1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOUR a run, rush, a quick pace or walk, a race …1796 Sc. 
• SCREED a quick movement; a snatch …1805 Sc. obs.
• WALLOP a fast pace; a flurry; a quick movement, esp. with one’s clothes fluttering about one …1825 Sc. 
• YARK a quick movement of any kind …Bk1905 Sc.
• QUICKENANCE quickening …a1617 obs. rare
• HASTINESS quickness, swiftness, rapidity; suddenness …c1330 obs.
• IMPIGRITY quickness, diligence …1623 obs. rare
• QUICKSHIP quickness …a1225 obs. rare
• SPRENT a1522 – a quick or sudden movement; a jump, a spring; a start; also, a short burst of effort
• SPRINT a1800 Eng. dial. obs. – a quick or sudden movement; a jump, a spring; a start; also, a short burst of effort
• SPRIT 1880 Sc. – a sudden quick movement; a spring, a jump, a leap
• SPRUNT 1660 obs. – a quick or convulsive movement; a start; a spring or bound
 
QUICK etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person who is quick in motion • TIGSER Bk1905 Eng. dial. sl.
– a person who moves at a quick or lively pace • SPANKER colloq.
– a person who moves swiftly or quickly • VELOCIPEDE 1822
– a quick person • FAST ALECK 1935 Amer. dial.
 
QUICK etc. – VERBS
• BAZZ to move quickly or energetically; to rush, to dash …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BICKER to move quickly; of a stream: to ripple, to flow …1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIRL to move quickly; to hurry along; to run about …1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BURL ALONG to go quickly; to hurtle along …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• CALL to move quickly, to submit to be driven …1768 Sc.
• CARRY THE MAIL to move quickly …1946 US sl.
• CLIP to move or run quickly …M19 US colloq.
• DANCE BARNABY to move quickly …1664 sl.
• DAP to move quickly and lightly; to trip along …1892 Eng. dial.
• DICE to do anything quickly and neatly …1768 Sc.
• DO A SKATE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly …M19 sl.
• DUNDER to move quickly and noisily …1793 Sc. obs.
• EDGIE  • EDGY to be quick or alert in doing anything …1825 Sc. obs.
• FAG to move quickly; to depart hurriedly …1920 Amer. dial.
• FAG ALONG to move quickly; to depart hurriedly …1942 Amer. dial.
• FAN to move about quickly; to run …L19 Amer. dial.
• FAN ABOUT to move about quickly; to run …1899 Amer. dial.
• FAN OUT to move about quickly; to run …1905 Amer. dial.
• FAN THE DUST to move about quickly; to run …1970 Amer. dial.
• GET UP AND QUILL to depart in haste; to move quickly …1869 Amer. dial.
• GO LIKE A LAMPLIGHTER to go quickly; to walk fast …1848 Amer. dial.
• HASTE to cause to move more quickly; to urge, drive, or press on; to quicken, to accelerate, to hurry …a1300
• HORSE IT to walk or go quickly …1895 US sl.
• HOSS IT to walk or go quickly …1968 US sl.
• HURRY UP YOUR CAKES to go quickly …M19 US sl.
• HURVE to move quickly, to hurry …1983 Aust. sl.
• HYKER to go quickly, to run …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HYPER to go quickly, to run …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• IGAREE  • IGGERY  • IGGRY  • IGRI to hurry up, to go quickly …1910s sl.
• JICKER to go quickly about anything; to walk smartly …1789 Sc.
• KITE to move or go quickly or energetically; to hurry …1854 Amer. dial.
• KITE IT to move or go quickly or energetically; to hurry, to run fast …1859 Amer. dial.
• LAKE to exert oneself, to move quickly, to leap, to spring; hence, to fight …a1000 obs.
• LAMP to go quickly by taking long steps …a1605 Sc.
• LANCE to bound, to spring, to move quickly, to rush …c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LICK to move quickly or lightly 
• LOOK SNAPPY to be quick …1926 UK sl.
• MAKE IT SNAPPY to be quick …1926 UK sl.
• MOG to cause to move quickly; to make one go where they don’t want to go …1867 Amer. dial.
• PACK THE MAIL to ride or move quickly; to go fast, to run …1942 Amer. dial.
• PROPERATE to hasten or press forward; to go quickly …1623 obs.
• PUT A JERK IN IT to act vigorously, smartly, or quickly …1910s sl.
• PUT ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly …1967 Amer. dial.
• QUILL to move quickly …1869 Amer. dial.
• RAISE DUST to hurry, to go quickly …1910s US sl.
• RALLACK AWAY to do anything quickly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RALLY to go quickly; to hurry on …1888 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE to move, run, or drive quickly, esp. with much noise …1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RIDE AS IF FETCHING THE MIDWIFE to go post haste …Bk1903 sl.
• SASHAY to hurry, to move quickly …20C sl., orig. US
• SCAMPER to run or go hastily or quickly
• SCHUSSEL to hurry, to rush; to do something in a quick and sloppy manner …1935 Amer. dial.
• SCREED to do anything quickly, smartly, and with spirit …Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIM to move quickly, to scud along …Bk1904 Sc.
• SHAB OUT to sneak away; to slink off; to go quickly …1902 Amer. dial.
• SKATE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly …M19 sl.
• SKATE to perform or do something quick, as an essay; to hurry through something …1960s sl.
• SKATE OFF to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly …M19 sl.
• SKEET to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly …1838 Amer. dial.
• SKEETE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly …M19 sl.
• SKEETER to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly …1954 Amer. dial.
• SKICE to move quickly and briskly; to skip or frisk about; to run …1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SKID to run or go quickly, to scud …1815 rare
• SKIFF to move lightly and quickly, esp. so as to barely touch a surface; to glide, to run, etc. in this manner …1725 Sc.
• SKIFT to move lightly and quickly; to skip, to run, to glide …a1586 obs.
• SKIFTER to move lightly and quickly; to skip, to run, to glide …1887
• SKITE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly …M19 sl.
• SKIVE to move lightly and quickly; to dart …1854 Eng. dial.
• SKRIM to move quickly, to scud along …Bk1904 Sc.
• SKYHOOT to go fast or quickly; to depart hurriedly; to scoot; to skyrocket ..1900 Amer. dial.
• SPANK to go at a quick and lively pace …19C
• STIR ONE’S STUMPS to walk fast; to dance briskly; to act quickly; to bestir oneself, to increase one’s speed …c1460
• TAKE OFF to begin to move or increase quickly …Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• TEW to fuss, to fret; to bustle about; to move about quickly  …1848 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THUD to fall heavily; to move quickly; of wind: to blow in gusts; to rush with a hollow sound …1800 Sc. obs.
• TOTE THE MAIL to run quickly; to move in a hurry; to ride or move quickly; to go fast …1893 Amer. dial.
• TURN ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly; to run away; to escape …1935 Amer. sl., esp. prison usage
• WAFT to move quickly about; to pass quickly by …1863 Eng. dial.
• WAIL  • WALE to hurry away; to be quick over anything …1867 Eng. dial.
• WALK ONE’S CHALKS to go or move, esp. away, quickly; to depart quickly; to run away …1840 US sl.
• YANK to move quickly and vigorously, to spank along …1822 Sc.
• YARK  • YERK to move quickly or hastily; to push on; to do anything energetically; to work hard …1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ZOT to move quickly or suddenly …c1965
• MEND ONE’S GAIT to quicken one’s steps; to move or travel faster …1899  Amer. dial.
• MEND ONE’S LICKS to go faster; to quicken one’s steps …1864 Amer. dial.
• MEND ONE’S SPEED to quicken one’s steps; to accelerate one’s progress …1843 Sc.
• BEAST Bk2007 sl. – to move or act quickly and/or forcefully
• BOMB AROUND Bk1964 US students’ sl. – to move quickly from place to place
• BOMB Bk1966 US students’ sl. – to go somewhere quickly
• BUSCH c1400 obs. – to move quickly, to rush; of water: to flow rapidly and forcefully, to gush
• FAN 1899 US sl. – to move around quickly, to run, to escape
• LEASH AWAY 1801 Sc. – to walk or move quickly
• RUSTLE 1882 US colloq. – to move quickly
• SMITE c1225 obs. – to move quickly; to rush; to dart
• SPRENT a1400 obs. – to move suddenly, quickly, or energetically; to spring, to bound; to dart, to dash
• SPRIT c1400 chiefly Sc. – to move suddenly, quickly, or energetically; to spring, to dart, to dash
• SPRUNT 1601 obs. – to move quickly or convulsively; to spring, to start; to dart, to run
• ZAP 1974 US sl. – to move quickly
• ZING 1920 US sl. – to travel quickly
• ZING ALONG 1961 sl. – to move quickly and strongly
• ZIP 1852 Amer. sl. – to go fast; to move quickly 

QUICKSAND – ADJECTIVES
– of the nature of a quicksand • SYRTIC 1846

QUICKSAND – NOUNS
• LAIR a quagmire; a muddy place; mud; quicksand, or any soft and yielding surface …1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MELGREAVE   • MELLGRAVE a quicksand …1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUIXON a quicksand …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOB a marshy spot; a bog, a quagmire; a quicksand …1876 Eng. dial.
• SAND-POT a quicksand …Bk1914 Eng. dial.
• A SINKING SAND a quicksand …1535 obs. rare
• SUCKING SAND quicksand …1513 obs.
• CRICKSAND 1921 Amer. dial. – quicksand
• SYRTIS 1667 – a quicksand

QUICK-TEMPERED – ADJECTIVES
• AMBITIOUS of persons or animals: spirited, vivacious, unruly; vicious; angry; enraged; quick-tempered; hot-tempered …1853 Amer. dial.
• BRASH easily angered; quick-tempered, sharp-tempered …1903 Amer. dial.
• CAMPY quick-tempered, ill-tempered …1808 Sc.
• CLUNCHY quick-tempered; short tempered; easily offended …19C Eng. dial.
• EASY ON THE TRIGGER quick-tempered, excitable, quick to anger …1968 Amer. sl.
• EASY ON TRIGGER quick-tempered, excitable, quick to anger …1912 Amer. dial.
• EDGY quick-tempered, easily provoked …Bk1900 Sc.
• HASTIF  • HASTIVE quick-tempered, passionate; in a passion, angry …1297 obs.
• HASTISH quickly excited to anger; quick-tempered, passionate, irritable …1749 Eng. dial.
• HATTLE-TEMPERED quick-tempered, touchy …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• METTLY quick-tempered, irritable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SHORT-FUSED having a quick temper …1979
• SHORT-MINDED quick-tempered, touchy …1986 Amer. dial.
• SHORT-PATIENCED quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient …1922 Amer. dial.
• SHORT-PATIENT quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient …1922 Amer. dial.
• SPLENITIVE splenetic; irritable, morose, peevish, ill-humoured, quick-tempered, testy …1633 obs. rare
• VITTERY quick-tempered, spiteful …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
QUICK-TEMPERED – NOUNS, PERSON
• BAD MAN a quick-tempered man, not necessarily a term of reproach …Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• BIRKIE a sharp-tongued, quick-tempered person, usually a woman; sometimes used facetiously to a lively child …1929 Sc. 
• BLUE HEN’S CHICK a dominant, aggressive, or quick-tempered person, usually a woman …1951 Amer. dial.
• BLUE HEN’S CHICKEN a dominant, aggressive, or quick-tempered person, usually a woman …c1960 Amer. dial.
• PEPPERPOT a quick-tempered or hot-tempered person …1894

QUICK-WITTED – ADJECTIVES
– extremely quick-witted • SHARP AS A NEEDLE a1616
– intelligent, quick-witted • APTISH Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– quick-witted • YARE-WITEL c1205 obs.
– quick-witted, acute, sharp • DERRY B1900 Eng. dial.
– quick-witted, intellectually alert; extremely bright and clever • SMART AS A STEEL-TRAP 1821 Amer. dial.
– quick-witted; intelligent • KEEN AS A BRIAR 1834 Amer. dial.
– quick-witted; intelligent • SHARP AS A BAMBOO-BRIAR 1880 Amer. dial.
– quick-witted; intelligent • SHARP AS A BRIAR 1902 Amer. dial.
– quick-witted, lively, shrewd • WACKENISH 1890 Eng. dial.
– quick-witted, lively, shrewd • WACKENSOME Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– quick-witted, mentally alert; animated, lively; cheerful • BRIGHT AS A BUTTON 1795
– quick-witted, self-confident, brave, ostentatious, nonchalant • GALLUS 1789 UK
– quick-witted, self-confident, brave, tough, bold, daring, ostentatious, nonchalant • GALLOWS 1789 UK
– quick-witted, sharp; intelligent • WAKEN 1867 Eng. dial.

QUICK-WITTED – NOUNS, PERSON
– a quick-witted, chirpy person; used spec. of a Londoner • SPARROW 1861 
– a quick-witted, clever, generous man • NATURAL 1859 Amer. thieves’ sl. ​
– a quick-witted, sharp person • WACKENER 1878 Eng. dial.
– a quick-witted, sharp-tongued, or quarrelsome person • CLIP-WIT 19C Sc.

QUICK-WITTED – PHRASES
– he’s shrewd, quick-witted • HE DIDN’T COME DOWN IN THE LAST SHOWER Bk1999 Aust. sl.