whip-smart
adjective
informalmainlyUS(alsowhip smart)uk/ˈwɪpˌsmɑːt/us/ˈwɪpˌsmɑːrt/(of apersonoranimal)intelligentandabletounderstandthingsquickly:
They have a whip-smart andbeautifuldaughterincollege.
Thecandidatewasdescribedas "whipsmart", withjudgmentbeyond hisyears.
showingintelligencein anexcitingandinterestingway:
Thecriticspraisedthe show's whip-smartdialogue.
When thingsstartto gowrong, he mustactwith whip-smartprecisiontokeephisplanintact.
- There's awholenewgenerationof whip-smartdesignersout there,waitingto take over from theoldorder.
- Agilitytrainingis theperfectsportforbreedslike the whip-smart Border Collie.
- Philadelphia is acityofcollegesand isfullof whip-smartstudents.
- This was whip-smartpoliticalsatire.
Intelligence
- acuity
- acumen
- agility
- apt
- aptness
- grey matter
- gumption
- highbrow
- horse sense
- imaginative
- penetrating
- perceptive
- percipient
- perspicacious
- perspicacity
- presence of mind
- profundity
- quick-witted
- ready
- subtlety