quick-witted

US pronunciation

American soundquick witted

quickwitted

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Past ending sound

quick - witted -> quick witted

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ဇဝနဉာဏ်ရှိသော။ ဉာဏ်ထက်သော။

Full entry

quick / kwk / adj (-er, -est )

၁။ (က) မြန်သော။ လျင်သော။ သွက်သော။
a quick worker/ reader ❍ She was quick to point out all the mistakes I'd made. ❍ quick to respond/ react/ learn
❍ It's quicker by train. (ခ) အမြန်။ have a quick bath/ drink ❍ I'll just have a quick look in that shop. ❍ make a quick recovery (ie from an illness) ❍ "Have you finished already? That was quick!" ❍ Are you sure this is the quickest way? ❍ He fired three shots in quick succession. See also DOUBLE-QUICK
၂။ (က) ဖျတ်လတ်သော။ ဇဝနဉာဏ်ရှိသော။
quick wits
❍ Her quick reactions/ thinking saved the boy's life.
(ခ) စိတ် ဆတ်သော။ စိတ်ဆိုးလွယ်သော။
He's got a quick temper (ie He becomes angry very readily). ❍ She's always very quick to take offence (ie is easily offended).
(ဂ) ~(at sth) ထက်မြက်သော။ ကျွမ်းကျင်သော။ ကျင်လည်သော။ He's not as quick as his sister.
❍ His spelling's poor but he's very quick at figures.
adv (-er , -est ) အမြန်။ မြန်မြန်။ Come as quick as you can. ❍ He's just trying to get rich quick. ❍ Let's see who responds/ reacts quickest.
n [sing] လက်သည်းခြေသည်းအောက်ရှိ အသားနု။ လက်ထိပ်။ ခြေထိပ်။ She has bitten her nails (down) to the quick.
❏ cut sb to the quick [IDM ]
ထိခိုက်နစ်နာအောင် ပြော သည်၊ လုပ်သည်။
Their insults cut her to the quick.
❏ (as) quick as a flash ; (as) quick as lightning [IDM ] ရုတ်ခြည်း။ လျှပ်တစ်ပြက်။ He got the answer as quick as a flash.
❏ quick-fire adj
တက်သုတ်နှင်သော။ တက်သုတ်ရိုက် သော။
a series of quick-fire deals.
❏ quickly adv
အမြန်။ မြန်မြန်။
speak/ write/ run/ learn very quickly ❍ do/ finish sth as quickly as possible.
❏ quickness n [U]
၁။ မြန်ခြင်း။ (saying ) The quickness of the hand deceives the eye. လက်၏မြန် ခြင်းက မျက်စိကိုလှည့်စား သွားသည်။
၂။ ထက်မြက်ခြင်း။ She amazes me with her quickness and eagerness to learn.
❏ quick one n (infml ) (အရက်စသည်) တစ်မော့။
Have you got time for a quick one before you go?
❏ quick-tempered adj
စိတ်မြန်သော။ စိတ်တိုလွယ်သော။
a quick-tempered woman.
❏ quick-witted adj
ဇဝနဉာဏ်ရှိသော။ ဉာဏ်ထက်သော။
a quick-witted student/ response.

More examples

Synonyms

rapid, fast, speedy, swift, nippy, ASAP, a bit previous, a move on, able, abrupt, accelerated, active, acute, adept, adroit, agile, alert, all there, animated, any minute now, apt, astute, at once, before long, breakneck, brief, bright, bright and early, brisk, bull's eye, bulls-eye, by and by, canny, capable, center, centrality, centriole, centrum, chop chop, chop-chop, clever, coal and ice, coming down the pike, competent, core, cursory, curt, cynosure, deft, dexterous, discerning, double time, double-quick, double-time, early, effective, effectual, energetic, equidistance, ere long, expeditious, expeditiously, expeditive, express, far ahead, fleet, fleeting, fleetly, flying, full tilt, going, gravamen, harefooted, hasty, headlong, heart, hotbed, hurried, hurriedly, immediate, impatient, impetuous, in a little while, in a minute, in a second, in a short time, in advance, in double time, in due time, in good time, in haste, in high gear, in no time, in nothing flat, in short order, in the bud, in time, instant, instantaneous, intelligent, intermediacy, keen, knowing, lickety split, like a bat out of hell, like a flash, like a shot, like greased lightning, like wildfire, lively, main idea, mainspring, marrow, mercurial, midpoint, momentary, more rapidly, move it, nave, nifty, nimble, nimble-witted, nitty gritty, omphalos, on short notice, on the ball, on the dot, on the double, oversoon, passing, perceptive, perfunctory, perspicacious, polestar, posthaste, prompt, pronto, proximately, quick off the mark, quick on the draw, quick on the trigger, quick on the uptake, quick-thinking, quick-witted, quickly, radial point, radicle, radix, ready, receptive, rhizome, root, savvy, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp-witted, short, shrewd, skillful, slick

Antonyms

blunt, clumsy, delayed, dull, idle, ignorant, impotent, inactive, ineffective, inept, lasting, later, lazy, leisurely, slow, sluggish, stupid, uneducated, unhurried, unintelligent, useless, weak

Study this word

Build sentence

Pattern match

Parts of speechReview how this word works in a sentence.S + V + OPractice using the word in a basic sentence.Be + adjectivePractice describing a noun with this word.

Example practice

Mini quizWhat is the Myanmar meaning of “quick-witted”?

Try to say the meaning first, then reveal the answer.