lightning quick



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lightning quick

(hyphenated if used before a noun) Incredibly fast; too quick to keep up with. Did you see that martial arts expert? His kicks were lightning quick! My brother has a lightning-quick wit.
See also: lightning, quick

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ViliVEE-lee (Finnish)Hungarian, Slovene, Finnish
Basant-Indian, Hindi
Hild-Anglo-Saxon
Apolinarah-po-lee-NAHRSpanish
JuliusYOO:-li-uws (Ancient Roman), JOO-lee-əs (English), YOO-lee-uws (German)Ancient Roman, English, German
Eutychia-Ancient Greek