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then there is the FOXTROT.....slow-slow-quick-quick-slow rhythm One time ballroom dancers had the quick and the slow versions of the foxtrot...never a fast alternative!
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I love to watch ballroom dancing: The Fred Astair/Ginger Rogers movies are terrific.
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I'd say, at least in the context of American football (and probably real football, too), fast means being able to get from one end of the field to the other in a short period of time. Quick involves being able to do it without being interfered with by opponents. Yes, very true so. Per consquence this means quick observation, decisions, flexability, an eagle's eye; all things that have to do with keenness, mind. (btw. some sports clubs here carry names like 'Quick'( my son's football club), 'Quick Steps' and 'Be Quick'. No sports club with the name 'Fast".
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I wonder how 'quick' came to be used as related to finger and toe nails?
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Praps with quick there is an element of shortness to the time involved. With fast there is an element of length. Or praps not.
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fast, rapid, swift, fleet, speedy, quick, hasty, expeditious
These adjectives refer to something marked by great speed. Fast and rapid are often used interchangeably, though fast is more often applied to the person or thing in motion, and rapid, to the activity or movement involved: a fast runner; rapid strides. Swift suggests smoothness and sureness of movement (a swift current), and fleet, lightness of movement (The cheetah is the fleetest of animals). Speedy refers to velocity (a speedy train) or to promptness or hurry (a speedy resolution to the problem). Quick most often applies to what takes little time or to what is prompt: a quick snack; your quick reaction. Hasty implies hurried action (a hasty visit) and often a lack of care or thought (regretted the hasty decision). Expeditious suggests rapid efficiency: sent the package by the most expeditious means. [AHD4] (italics added)
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a quick snack of fast food?
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