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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gail	GAYL	English
Zdenko	-	Slovak, Slovene, Croatian
Haralamb	-	Romanian
Antonius	an-TO:-ni-uws (Ancient Roman), ahn-TO-nee-us (Dutch)	Ancient Roman, Dutch
Jeremiah	jer-ə-MIE-ə (English)	English, Biblical
Gerard	jə-RAHRD (English), JER-ərd (English), KHAY-rahrt (Dutch), GE-rahrt (Polish)	English, Dutch, Catalan, Polish