A2 happening or done with great speed, or lasting only a short time:
It's a quick journey.
He scored three goals in quick succession (= one after the other in a short time).
be quick to do sth
B1 used to describe someone who is clever and understands or notices things quickly:
She was quick at understanding what we wanted her to do.
He has a quick mind.
Donna's quick thinking (= ability to solve problems with speed) averted what could have been a disaster.
See also
a quick study US informal
quick and dirty
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the quickness of his movements
her quickness to understand
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- a mile a minute idiom
- apace
- as fast as your legs would carry you idiom
- as if it is going out of style idiom
- at a rate of knots idiom
- fleet
- have a heavy foot idiom
- high-speed
- hotfoot
- in the twinkling of an eye idiom
- Jack Robinson
- lickety-split
- lightning
- mile
- prompt
- rapid-fire
- smartly
- souped-up
- spread like wildfire idiom
- swift
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