A: Oh, quick! Shut the window before we get wet.
1- Is “quick” an adjective or a verb?
2- Does it mean “hurry”?
Thank you
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Good question. I think it is an adjective modifying the subject of the imperative sentence, “you” (implied). It is used to indicate that the subject should act swiftly or with haste.
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Thank you so much, Torsten 
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As used, I think it’s an exclamation (interjection).
It’s related to ‘wow’, ‘oops’, ‘woops’ or ‘OK’.
Adverb:
Quickly close the window.
Adjective:
The quick brown fox…
There is even a noun form. (referring to people or animals)
In nature, the quick will survive.
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Thank you so much, NearlyNapping
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I have a similar question. My windows are the two-leaf type.
Do I say, “Close the window” or “Close the windows” when it is raining heavily?
Thsnks.
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As you so rightly say: it is an adjective. Very simply explained: (be) quick! which is indeed an imperative or a command.
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I would say: ‘Shut the window’ or ‘Shut the windows’, the latter when more than one window is opened. Ofcourse, you can leave those windows open where the rain is not on.
‘Close’ is more neutral than ‘shut’, but both are used.
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I would say “Close the window”, thinking of the window as an opening in the wall. It sounds like you have two framed pieces of glass in each opening.
But , you could easily say “windows” and not be seen as incorrect.
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Nice of you to shed some light onto this, because I hadn’t thought about it so far.
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