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Small Payload Quick Return (SPQR) is a NASA Ames Research Center concept to return small payloads from orbit. The system uses an Exo-Brake, a parachute-like
Small_Payload_Quick_Return
Topics referred to by the same term
connectivity and planar embeddings Small Payload Quick Return, a NASA Ames program for "de-orbiting" small payloads Quiruvilca Airport (ICAO code), a defunct
SPQR_(disambiguation)
and one total loss of the spacecraft. In addition, one rocket and its payload were destroyed on the launch pad during the fueling process before a static
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2010–2019)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2010–2019)
Proposed Mars sample return mission
NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return was a proposed Flagship-class Mars sample return (MSR) mission to collect Martian rock and soil samples in 43 small, cylindrical,
NASA-ESA_Mars_Sample_Return
Space technology development program
developed for use as part of the Small Payload Quick Return (SPQR) concept, which would enable science materials to be returned to Earth from the International
TechEdSat
Reusable superheavy-lift general-purpose launch vehicle
would be the first fully reusable orbital rocket and have the highest payload capacity of any launch vehicle to date. As of May 27, 2026, Starship has
SpaceX_Starship
Rocket used to carry a spacecraft into space
propellants. Launch vehicles are classified by their orbital payload capacity, ranging from small-, medium-, heavy- to super-heavy lift. Following the end
Launch_vehicle
Two-stage small satellite launch rocket
of payload to a 200 km low Earth orbit, or up to 745 kg payload to a 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit, suitable for CubeSats and other small payloads. Primary
Firefly_Alpha
Arrival of a spacecraft on the Moon's surface
from Earth to the vicinity of the Moon and return, initiating the final lap of the Space Race with its payload of tortoises, insects, plants, and bacteria
Moon_landing
Partially-reusable medium-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
carries the second stage and payload to a predetermined speed and altitude, after which the second stage accelerates the payload to its target orbit. The
Falcon_9
Falcon 9 became the first rocket to land propulsively after delivering a payload into orbit. This reusability results in significantly reduced launch costs
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches
2018 Japanese resupply spaceflight to the ISS
in the microgravity environment of the ISS deteriorate easily, thus a quick return to the surface is desired. For the demonstration flight, samples including
Kounotori_7
Class of Chinese rockets
is to maximize payload, while for strategic missiles increased throw weight is much less important than the ability to launch quickly and to survive a
Long_March_(rocket_family)
parachute tests for asteroid sample return mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 19 September 2023. "Long March 4B - Unknown Payload". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved
List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2025
List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_April–June_2025
Expendable launch system by SpaceX
orbit on its fourth attempt in September 2008 with a mass simulator as a payload. On July 14, 2009, Falcon 1 made its second successful flight, delivering
Falcon_1
Pakistani lunar nanosatellite
sensing nanosatellite and one of the four international payloads of the Chang'e 6 lunar sample-return mission. It was a joint venture between the Institute
ICUBE-Q
Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites
return capsule demonstrated "that Japan's ballistic missile capability is credible". At a technical level the M-V design could be weaponised quickly (as
M-V
Spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle
astronauts and payloads into low Earth orbit, perform in-space operations, then re-enter the atmosphere and land as a glider, returning its crew and any
Space_Shuttle_orbiter
Experimental spaceplane/booster (2013–2020)
second stage and payload to high altitude and deploy them into space. The booster would then return to Earth, where it could be quickly prepared for the
XS-1_(spacecraft)
Unmanned aerial vehicle small enough to be man-portable
unique feature of this system. Its unique modular design allows for quick-connect payloads of different types and its arms and legs are changeable in the field
Miniature_UAV
Discontinued US research program on the viability of nuclear pulse propulsion
that as much as 45% of the gross vehicle in Earth orbit could have been payload. Shipps, P. R.; et al. (July 4, 2005) [September 19, 1964]. "Nuclear Pulse
Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)
Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)
NASA cancelled spaceplane project
engines or large payload bay. By removing large payload-carrying requirements from personnel-delivery missions, the PLS would be a small, compact vehicle
HL-20_Personnel_Launch_System
NASA astronaut propulsion unit
captured the two satellites and brought them into the Orbiter payload bay for stowage and return to Earth. After a safety review following the Space Shuttle
Manned_Maneuvering_Unit
Family of Low Earth orbit communications satellites
launch on the smaller Falcon 1 launch vehicle. The first (Orbcomm OG2-1) of these satellites was launched on 8 October 2012 as secondary payload on a SpaceX
Orbcomm_(satellite)
"Firefly opens first Alpha rocket launch to academic and educational payloads". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 26
List of Firefly Alpha launches
List_of_Firefly_Alpha_launches
Soviet lunar module intended to be used in the Soviet lunar landing attempts
planned activity while on the lunar surface remain vague, the small size and limited payload capacity of the N-1/Soyuz LOK/LK compared to the Saturn/Apollo
LK_(spacecraft)
Family of Chinese "quick-reaction" orbital launch vehicles
11 on 7 December 2022 marked the rocket's return to service. The solid-fuel KZ-1A can place 200 kg payload into a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude
Kuaizhou
Proposed system for launching objects into orbit
quite quickly decay and re-enter, but in addition to such orbits, a launch loop by itself would also be capable of directly injecting payloads into escape
Launch_loop
Historic Apollo Moonport
with small-class vehicles (maximum thrust up to 200,000 lbf or 890 kN): Processing facilities – i.e. Vehicle Assembly Building Vehicle/payload transportation
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39
2014 video game
escorting the payload, the faster the payload goes, and when the amount of robots of both teams escorting the payload is the same, the payload will not move
War_Robots
Space Shuttle orbiter (1981–2003)
flights of Spacelab laboratories, all four United States Microgravity Payload missions, and the only flight of Spacehab's Research Double Module. Columbia
Space_Shuttle_Columbia
Space vehicle proposal
not recovered. After fairing separation, the Third Stage and Payload fly to orbit. Payload separation is as required for the mission. Third Stage deorbits
Austral_Launch_Vehicle
1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program
Saturn C-8 or Nova launch vehicle to carry a 163,000-pound (74,000 kg) payload to the Moon. Earth Orbit Rendezvous (EOR): Multiple rocket launches (up
Apollo_program
Second version of the SpaceX medium-lift launch vehicle
2016 at the Wayback Machine: "Small: 0-2t payloads, Medium: 2-20t payloads, Heavy: 20-50t payloads, Super Heavy: >50t payloads" Graham, William (18 April
Falcon_9_v1.1
2022 uncrewed Moon-orbiting NASA mission
I Orion spacecraft began fueling and pre-launch servicing in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility on January 16, 2021, following a handover to NASA Exploration
Artemis_I
SpaceX aims to achieve this by reusing both rocket stages, increasing payload mass to orbit, increasing launch frequency, creating a mass-manufacturing
List_of_Starship_vehicles
2025 lunar landing mission
Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, in which NASA is securing the service of commercial partners to quickly land science and technology payloads on the
Blue_Ghost_Mission_1
Class of US nuclear ballistic missile submarines
equivalent of what is typically deployed in a surface battle group. Other payload possibilities include new generations of supersonic and hypersonic cruise
Ohio-class_submarine
American social networking service
named twttr, it was renamed Twitter some months later. The platform grew quickly; by 2012 more than 100 million users produced 340 million daily tweets
X_(social_network)
Partially-reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle by Blue Origin
configuration, both using seven-meter (23 ft) diameter stages. With a payload capacity of 45 tons to low Earth orbit, it is the most powerful reusable
New_Glenn
Sports car launched into space in 2018
Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial
Elon_Musk's_Tesla_Roadster
Class of Indian partially reusable launch vehicles under development by ISRO
technology development initiatives. It is expected that thirty tons of payload will be transported using rockets. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
Next Generation Launch Vehicle
Next_Generation_Launch_Vehicle
Third version of the SpaceX medium-lift launch vehicle
previously flown first-stage boosters were reused to launch new payloads into orbit. This quickly became routine, in 2018 and in 2019 more than half of all
Falcon_9_Full_Thrust
Uncrewed cargo spacecraft developed by JAXA
the only vehicle capable of transporting large International Standard Payload Racks (ISPR) and disposing of old ones within the ISS's US Orbital Segment
H-II_Transfer_Vehicle
U.S. military vehicle of WWII ("Jeep")
tactical trucks, was that the War Department limited procurement to just five payload chassis types (categories), from 1⁄2‑ton to 7+1⁄2‑ton—but only "models
Willys_MB
Category of space launch vehicle
to 44,000 lb) by Russian classification of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO). An MLV is between a small-lift launch vehicle and a heavy-lift launch
Medium-lift_launch_vehicle
Chinese industrial drone
battery with a 1 kg (2.2 lb) payload, though this can be increased to 40 minutes with two 5700 mAh TB48D batteries without payload. The drone features a quadcopter
DJI_Matrice
Lunar lander variant of SpaceX Starship
stated that with a tanker payload mass of 150 tons, four to eight tanker flights would be necessary, depending on the payload mass on Starship HLS itself
Starship_HLS
American strategic bomber
000 kg) payload. The B-1 was first envisioned in the 1960s as a bomber that would combine the Mach 2 speed of the B-58 Hustler with the range and payload of
Rockwell_B-1_Lancer
Lunar lander developed by Intuitive Machines
class of lunar landers designed by Intuitive Machines (IM) to deliver small payloads to the lunar surface. It is the first spacecraft to use methalox propulsion
Intuitive_Machines_Nova-C
Ship designed for operations near shore
stern ramp for operating small boats, and the cargo volume and payload to deliver a small assault force with fighting vehicles to a roll-on/roll-off port
Littoral_combat_ship
Airspace violation and shootdown incident
wreckage returned, but the U.S. said it had no plans to do so. By February 13, the U.S. had recovered a significant portion of the balloon's payload, including
2023_Chinese_balloon_incident
Concepts for launch into space
They can be designed (in theory) to pick up the payload when the payload is stationary or when the payload is hypersonic (has a high but not orbital velocity)
Non-rocket_spacelaunch
European orbiter mission to Mars (2003–present)
commissioning of the spacecraft and payload (final commissioning of payload took place after Mars Orbit Insertion). The payload was checked out one instrument
Mars_Express
NASA Space Shuttle design candidate
reusable launch vehicle two-stage-to-orbit spaceplane design with a small payload capacity of about 12,000 lb (5,400 kg) and limited maneuverability.
North_American_DC-3
Soviet dog, first animal to orbit Earth (c. 1954–1957)
caused by a failure of the central R‑7 sustainer to separate from the payload: this affected the thermal control mechanisms, which then caused the cabin
Laika
One of the largest rocket engines to be designed
Moon required a massive 125,000 lb (57,000 kg) payload to LEO. Nova designs of this capability were quickly presented with up to eight F-1 engines, along
Aerojet_M-1
2024 lunar landing mission
February 22 the lander tipped to an unplanned 30 degree angle. All instrument payloads remained functional and the mission was deemed a success, though the data
IM-1
1983 Space Shuttle Challenger mission
of the shuttle's payload bay, and was boosted into a Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) by a Payload Assist Module (PAM-D), a small solid rocket upper
STS-8
Planned semiconductor fabrication plant
Sat." He went on to describe that the global chip industry cannot expand quickly enough to meet the demand that Tesla will need for "edge inference compute"
Terafab
Chinese lunar sample-return mission
Andrew (20 December 2022). "China picks 4 international payloads for historic sample-return mission to moon's far side". Space.com. Archived from the
Chang'e_6
kilogram plus payload to 500 km SSO Ceres-1 small-lift solid-fueled launch vehicle from private firm (relatively high launch cadence) Ceres-2 small-lift solid-fueled
Chinese_space_program
Motor vehicle
poor return for the effort that Citroën committed to the project. Nevertheless, when normal life began to return after the war Citroën were quick off the
Citroën_TUB
Country primarily in North America
Commercial Crew Program, Commercial Resupply Services, Commercial Lunar Payload Services, and NextSTEP have facilitated growing private-sector involvement
United_States
US-Canada ballistics research project famous for its extremely large gun
a 0.9 kg payload to an altitude of 65 km, which consisted of radar reflective chaff to collect wind data and small radiosondes that returned radio telemetry
Project_HARP
US program to develop a hypersonic weapon
two major components: a small launch vehicle for carrying payloads to orbit or launching the hypersonic weapons platform payload, and the hypersonic vehicle
DARPA_Falcon_Project
Wide body airliners developed from the DC-10
(28 t) payload. With the Phase 1 drag reduction package implemented, the aircraft could only achieve this range with a 48,500-pound (22 t) payload, or a
McDonnell_Douglas_MD-11
Orbital transfer maneuver
to Mars Sample Return (SR). In the late 1980s, the Aeroassist Flight Experiment (AFE) was conceived to use a Shuttle-launched payload to demonstrate aerocapture
Aerocapture
2011 Japanese resupply spaceflight to the ISS
included the Kobairo (Gradient Heating Furnace) rack and a Multipurpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR). The Gradient Heating Furnace is a high-temperature electrical
Kounotori_2
Heavy-duty line of trucks manufactured by Ford
the Ford F-Series. The heavier-duty chassis components allow for heavier payloads and towing capabilities. With a GVWR over 8,500 lb (3,900 kg), Super Duty
Ford_Super_Duty
Reusable first-stage rocket developed by SpaceX
a single booster quick disconnect, along with multiple quick disconnects for the outer engines, while Block 3 boosters have two quick disconnects. One
SpaceX_Super_Heavy
Range of light commercial vehicles produced by Ford
different-sized vehicles (FK2000 with 2 tons payload, FK3000 with 3 tons payload, FK3500 with 3.5 tons payload, etc.). The FK series was successor of the
Ford_Transit
NASA launch facility in Florida
Multi-Payload Processing Facility is a 19,647 square feet (1,825.3 m2) building used for Orion spacecraft and payload processing. The Payload Hazardous
Kennedy_Space_Center
SpaceX private launch site
OLM has twenty clamps to hold the booster in place before liftoff and a quick disconnect providing liquid fuel and electricity. Just below the OLM is
SpaceX_Starbase
American subsidiary of automaker Stellantis
missile launched two small monkeys into space in a nose cone; this was America's first successful flight and recovery of live space payloads. Responsibility
Chrysler
Aerospace company in Atlanta, United States
through theory and practice how autonomous payload delivery capabilities will be used to make the return of space-based products more routine and cost
SpaceWorks_Enterprises
American unmanned aerial vehicle
the aircraft is the Israeli Aircraft Industries POP300 Plug-in Optical Payload which consists of a forward-looking infrared camera, a daytime TV camera
AAI_RQ-7_Shadow
Launches made by ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle family of rockets
liquid propellant stage incorporation of a video imaging system to capture payload and DLA separation events altitude based day of launch wind-biased steering
List_of_PSLV_launches
launch and payload data buses, the multi-function electronic display system (MEDS), solid-state mass memory (SSMM) units, flight critical and payload
List of NASA's flight control positions
List_of_NASA's_flight_control_positions
Chinese lunar communications satellite
lunar surface. In order to be able to accommodate the satellite in the payload fairing of the launch vehicle, the segments of the reflector are folded
Queqiao-2
Helicopter which is built or converted for use by military forces
outside military ports and harbours; their endurance and payload providing advantages over smaller helicopters. Soviet maritime helicopters, operating from
Military_helicopter
Soviet strategic bomber and tanker aircraft
short of the 12,000 km (7,500 mi) range initially specified. It had a payload of 24 tonnes (26.4 tons) in various configurations. Defensive armament
Myasishchev_M-4
Soviet super heavy-lift launch vehicle (1965–1972)
rendezvous method. The rocket had three stages, carrying the L3 lunar payload into low Earth orbit with two cosmonauts. The L3 contained the Block G
N1_(rocket)
US–USSR spaceflight capability rivalry
N-1 rocket, the USSR could not send a large enough payload to the Moon to land a human and return him safely. The latter period of the space race began
Space_Race
2003 American spaceflight accident
various fields, mainly on board the SpaceHab module inside the shuttle's payload bay. During launch, a piece of the insulating foam broke off from the Space
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster
CIA reconnaissance program
vehicle. It would be about the size of a large bird and carry various payloads, including photographic equipment, nuclear sensors, and ELINT recorders
Project_AQUILINE
Passage of an object through the gases of an atmosphere from outer space
Mars-return missions, benefits from maximizing "the drag area of the entry system. The larger the diameter of the aeroshell, the bigger the payload can
Atmospheric_entry
Spacecraft launch or descent maneuver
rocket can use a smaller initial pitchover angle, giving it higher vertical velocity, and taking it out of the atmosphere more quickly. This reduces both
Gravity_turn
American armored self-propelled artillery
launcher, many payloads' concept: Dispensing-Rocket Payload: developed under 'Technical Demonstrator Program 5', a UK designed dispensing payload that replaces
M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
M270_Multiple_Launch_Rocket_System
Range of full-size trucks by General Motors
add SiriusXM 360L compatibility. Crew cab Silverado models increased in payload by up to 14 percent, or 340 pounds (150 kg). Trailering features equipped
Chevrolet_Silverado
Seventh generation of the Ford F-Series pickup trucks
largely overshadowed by both the F-150 and the smaller Ranger (with some versions nearly matching it in payload capability), 1983 was the final year for the
Ford F-Series (seventh generation)
Ford_F-Series_(seventh_generation)
2026 armed conflict in West Asia
March, an IRGC commander stated that Iran was only firing missiles with payloads of 1,000 kg or more. AFP reported that Iran's attacks were the "most intense
2026_Iran_war
American heavy military transport aircraft
equipped with a gross weight of 550,000 pounds (249,000 kg), a maximum payload of 180,000 lb (81,600 kg), and a speed of Mach 0.75 (500 mph or 805 km/h)
Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy
Transport helicopter series by Sikorsky
tons). They are also preceded by the earlier Mil Mi-6, which despite a smaller payload capacity of about 12 tonnes (13 short tons) had a maximum takeoff weight
Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion
Sikorsky_CH-53E_Super_Stallion
Airliner by Tupolev
be broadly equivalent to the Boeing 757, with slightly lower range and payload, and had competitive performance and fuel efficiency in its class. It was
Tupolev_Tu-204
British sounding rocket family
scientific payloads being carried by Skylarks were becoming increasingly complex and ambitious. During 1999, Marconi sold the programme to a small private
Skylark_(rocket)
WW II series of Dodge light 4WD trucks
practically non-existent in anything below 11⁄2-ton payload vehicles. Light-duty off-roaders were a very small niche-market, only filled by after-market conversions
Dodge_WC_series
Powered lighter-than-air aircraft
gasbag itself or contain some gas-filled cells. The engines, crew, and payload capacity necessary for the airship's operation are instead housed in the
Airship
Final season of the anime television series (2020–23)
Founding Titan, however they are flying too high as they begin dropping their payloads. During the bombing run, the Beast Titan emerges on the back of the Founding
Attack_on_Titan_season_4
Lunar exploration concept
would be empty and hold payloads which could be deployed on the surface. They would be capable of delivering 11 tons of payloads. They would be designed
International Lunar Resources Exploration Concept
International_Lunar_Resources_Exploration_Concept
SMALL PAYLOAD-QUICK-RETURN
SMALL PAYLOAD-QUICK-RETURN
Boy/Male
Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu
Small; Quick; Innocent; Lord Ganesha
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a person of slender build or diminutive stature, from Middle English smal ‘thin’, ‘narrow’.Translation of equivalents in other European languages, such as German Klein and Schmal, French Petit.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Quick
Boy/Male
Hindu
Quick
Girl/Female
Tamil
Quick
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and northern English
Scottish and northern English : variant of Small.English : habitational name from a lost place in eastern Sussex named Smeghel, from Old English smēagel ‘burrow’, or from Brooksmarle (now Broxmead) in Sussex (named with Old English brocc ‘badger’ + smēagel).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval female personal name Mal(le), pet form of Mary (see Marie).Indian (northern states) : Hindu name found in several communities, from Sanskrit malla ‘strongman’, ‘wrestler’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : variant of Small.
Boy/Male
Indian
Quick.
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English, German, and Dutch
English, German, and Dutch : nickname for a lively or agile person, from Middle English quik, Middle High German quick, Middle Dutch quic ‘alive’, ‘lively’, ‘fresh’.English : habitational name for someone who lived at a place called Cowick (notably one in Devon), denoting an outlying dairy farm, from Old English cūwīc, from cū ‘cow’ + wīc ‘outlying settlement’.Cornish : habitational name from Gweek in the parish of Constantine, named from Cornish gwyk, which may have meant either ‘village’ or ‘forest’, or a topographic name from the same word.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a place overgrown with couch grass (Old English cwice).
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English
English : patronymic from Small.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Sale 1.English : from a short form of a personal name beginning with Sal-, for example Salomon.Swedish (Säll) : nickname from säll ‘happy’, ‘fortunate’, probably a soldier’s name.African : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Quick.
Girl/Female
Indian
Quick.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Quick
Boy/Male
Hindu
Quick
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Tamil
Quick
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from a respelling of the Old French byname Gaillard, GAYLORD means "dandy."Â
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German
Power of an Eagle
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English
English : unexplained. Compare Goyne, Goines.
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Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Practising Penance; Lord Rama
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Phoenician Hamilcar, AMILCAR means "friend of Melqart."Â
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Amazing; Loyal; Intelligent; Beautiful
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Colour; Disaster
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Swedish Hebrew
Lamb.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Same as Mahreen
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Lord Shiva
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place called High Edser in Ewhurst, Surrey.It is possible that in some cases the name may be an Americanized form of the German family name Etzel.
Boy/Male
Tamil
To neglect
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n.
That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge.
n.
The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.
n.
A small, quick stream; a jet.
superl.
Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.
superl.
Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
a.
Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor.
adv.
In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.
v. i.
To act the part of a quack, or pretender.
a.
Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern.
superl.
Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
superl.
Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear.
v. i.
A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
superl.
Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.
superl.
Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.
n.
Double-quick time, step, or march.
a.
Of quick or keen smell.
adv.
In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.
n.
A small South American opossum (Didelphys quica), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit.
n.
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively.
v. i. & t.
To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.