quick
adjective
uk
/kwɪk/ us
/kwɪk/It's a quick journey.
He scored three goals in quick succession (= one after the other in a short time).
Synonyms
- shortHe received a short jail sentence.
- quickI need to make a quick phone call - I'll be right back.
- briefWe had a brief chat this morning.
- short and sweetThe business meeting was short and sweet.
- momentaryIt was just a momentary lapse in judgment - I won't do it again.
A1
doing something fast:
be quick to do something
See more B1
- abbreviated
- at a moment's/two hours'/three weeks', etc. notice idiom
- awhile
- be short notice idiom
- bite-sized
- blink
- bout
- brief
- briefly
- dose
- in small doses idiom
- in the blink of an eye idiom
- instant
- jiffy
- mayfly
- shortness
- snatched
- split second
- transient
- transiently
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quick
exclamation
uk
/kwɪk/ us
/kwɪk/quick
adverb
NOT STANDARD uk
/kwɪk/ us
/kwɪk/- (at) full speed/tilt/pelt 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
- hypersonic
- in the twinkling of an eye idiom
- Jack Robinson
- lickety-split
- light speed
- prompt
- smartly
- souped-up
- spanking
- speed of light
- spread like wildfire idiom
- streak
- super-express
- wildfire
- carpal
- carpometacarpal
- carpus
- cuticle
- dexterity
- dexterous
- finger
- fingernail
- fingertip
- left-handed
- left-hander
- little finger
- metacarpal
- metacarpophalangeal
- metacarpus
- minimus
- nail
- opposable
- palm
- pinkie
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