Definition & Meaning | English word QUICK-THINKING

Definitions of QUICK-THINKING

1. Having the ability to think or react quickly.

Examples of Using QUICK-THINKING in a Sentence

• She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save French aristocrats from "Madame Guillotine" during the French Revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" in popular culture.
• Rupert is considered to have been a quick-thinking and energetic cavalry general, but ultimately undermined by his youthful impatience in dealing with his peers during the Civil War.
• According to numerous reports Ryle was quick-thinking, impatient with those slower than himself and charismatic (pp 502, 508, 510 of).
• Despite their own injuries, the surviving flight attendants were credited with helping other survivors and several quick-thinking actions, such as warning survivors of the danger of striking matches due to jet fuel in the swamp water, as flashlights were not part of the standard equipment on commercial airliners at the time, and singing Christmas carols to keep up morale and draw the attention of rescuers.
• The quick-thinking Graham mimicked their technique by using a white, water-based tempera paint to cover her typing errors.
• Patrick appeared in The Maltese Falcon (1941) as Effie Perine, the loyal and quick-thinking secretary of Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade.
• A quick-thinking station master rescued a consignment of dying trout by dumping the fish in the Elands River, which formed the start of the town's subsequent role in Mpumalanga's trout tourism industry.
• He is a cool-headed and quick-thinking person, though his stubbornness brings him and his teammates much trouble at times.
• Minnie Mouse (voiced by Russi Taylor) is Mickey Mouse's loving and quick-thinking girlfriend and Daisy's best friend who loves bows.
• Cole was a very skilled and eloquent public speaker, as well as a talented, quick-thinking debater and interviewee.
• Tom snarls and just before he can eat Jerry, the quick-thinking mouse grabs a nearby "Do Not Open 'Til Xmas" sticker and slaps it on Tom's mouth.
• Detective Constable Shirley "Ivor" Novello (Jo-Anne Stockham) (On Beulah Height – Truth and Consequences): Shirley "Ivor" Novello is the inexperienced officer in the ranks, having been given a fast pass to CID through her excellent exam results and quick-thinking ability.
• In an attempt at winning, Bill disguises himself as a black and white dog called "Cuddly Scamp Hairylegs of Cricklewood", which proves to be a quick-thinking 'dog' or possibly cheating with false answers when tested on "Mastermind".
• One of Raat's most formidable adversaries is the 17-year-old Lohmann, whose quick-thinking allows him to escape punishment and enrage his teacher.
• Referred to by history books variously as a "sanctimonious gaffer", an "illiterate prospector", and a "quick-thinking loudmouth", he was known by his contemporaries as "Old Pancake", because he could not be bothered to bake bread.
• Carra Patterson as Jessica Baxter, Scott's partner, whose personality is a "sharp contrast to his spit-and-polish ways", and who has a brave and quick-thinking personality while working, through whose sense of humor often leads her into trouble.

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