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quicks

The correct spelling is quicks.

How to pronounce quicks

noun

Say it like: Kwi-ks

The correct spelling is quicks. Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
  2. 2.Plants used in making a quickset hedge
  3. 3.The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
  4. 4.Quitchgrass.
  5. 5.A fast bowler.

verb

  1. 1.To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
  2. 2.To quicken.

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