The Quick

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
TQ
Pronunciation
/ðə kwɪk/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. I once heard her weeping in her bedroom, which cut me to the quick.
  2. Her fingernails are bitten to the quick.
  3. The quick handshake was firm and cool
  4. The remark cut her to the quick and she gave way to tears.
  5. The people nodded brightly at the quick man.

Other meanings of TQ