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kwik

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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 (edit)
Hg
Atomic number 80
kwik
Classification data
Period 6
Group 12
Block d-block
Class transition metal
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 (edit)
Hg
Atomic number 80
kwik
Classification data
Period 6
Group 12
Block d-block
Class transition metal
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, no diminutive)

  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.

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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)

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    Noun

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    kwik m animal

    1. (Przemyśl, Podegrodzie) synonym of świnia
    2. (Podegrodzie) oinker (one who oinks, especially a child)

    Further reading

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    • kwik I”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • kwik II”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • kwik”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[3] (in Polish)
    • Aleksander Saloni (1908), “kwik”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne[4] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 336
    • Karol Mátyás (1891), “kwik”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 324

    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