quickhatch [kwik-hach] Word Origin noun a wolverine. Origin of quickhatch 1675–85; earlier quiquahatch East Cree *kwi˙hkwaha˙če˙w (cognate with Cree kwi˙hkwaha˙ke˙w, Ojibwa kwi˙nkwaʔa˙ke˙); cf. carcajou, kinkajou