Quick+to+understand
11quick — /kwɪk / (say kwik) adjective 1. done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick answer. 2. that is over or completed within a short space of time. 3. moving with speed. 4. swift… …
12quick*/*/*/ — [kwɪk] adj I 1) able to move fast or to do something fast He s surprisingly quick for such a big man.[/ex] a quick worker[/ex] 2) done or happening in a short time He took a quick glance over his shoulder.[/ex] a quick decision[/ex] 3) able to… …
13quick/slow on the uptake — Someone who is quick or slow on the uptake is quick or slow to understand what is meant. Please explain the problem in simple words I m a bit slow on the uptake! …
14quick-witted — adjective able to understand things quickly and give quick, clever replies quickwittedness noun (U) quid /kwId/ noun plural quid (C) BrE informal 1 one pound in money; 1: She earns at least 600 quid a week. 2 be quids in to make a profit,… …
15quick on the uptake — adjective able to readily understand things; intelligent Ant: slow on the uptake …
16quick — kwɪk n. living people; living flesh; vital part, most important part; row of trees or shrubs that form a fence adj. fast, rapid; swift, nimble; hasty, hurried; impatient; prompt to understand; fluid, flowing; alive, living adv. rapidly, fast;… …
17be quick on the uptake — be quick/slow/on the uptake informal phrase to take a very short long time to understand or realize something I’m sorry, I’m being a bit slow on the uptake: what do you mean? Thesaurus: to understand something or someone in a particular way …
18be quick (or slow) on the uptake — informal be quick (or slow) to understand something. → uptake …
19be quick on the uptake — ► be quick (or slow) on the uptake informal be quick (or slow) to understand something. Main Entry: ↑uptake …
20(be) quick on the uptake — be ˌquick/ˌslow on the ˈuptake idiom (informal) to be quick/slow to understand sth • Is he always this slow on the uptake? Main entry: ↑uptakeidiom …
