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quick as a flash

quick as a flash adjective: extremely quick.

Adjective

quick as a flash (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, simile) Extremely quick.

Adverb

quick as a flash (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, simile) Extremely quickly.

quick as a flash meaning in Bengali and Vietnamese

quick as a flash in Bengali

অত্যন্ত দ্রুত, অত্যন্ত দ্রুতগতিতে

quick as a flash in Vietnamese

extremely quickly
nhanh như chớp

Synonyms of quick as a flash

Origin of quick as a flash

In reference to the rapidity of flashes of lightning.

Questions about quick as a flash

What does quick as a flash mean?
Quick as a flash means extremely quick.
What is quick as a flash in Bengali?
Quick as a flash in Bengali is অত্যন্ত দ্রুত, অত্যন্ত দ্রুতগতিতে. See Quick as a flash meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is quick as a flash?
Quick as a flash can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near quick as a flash in the dictionary

  1. Quiché
  2. quick
  3. quick access recorder
  4. quick access recorders
  5. quick and dirty
  6. quick as a flash
  7. quick as a fox
  8. quick as a wink
  9. quick as lightning
  10. quick as thought
  11. quick as winking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quick as a flash (page history and authors); quick as a flash (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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