Double-quick Definition & Meaning

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Double-quick

Double-quick Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Double-quick? [adv] at a faster speed; "now let's play the piece again double-quick" [adj] (of a marching cadence) very quick Synonyms \| Synonyms for Double-quick: double time \| fast Related Terms \| Find terms related to Double-quick: acceleration \| agile \| amain \| apace \| at flank speed \| at the double \| breakneck \| crowded \| dashing \| double march \| double time \| double-quick time \| double-time \| eagle-winged \| expeditious \| expeditiously \| express \| fast \| festination \| fleet \| flying \| forced march \| forwarding \| galloping \| goose step \| hair-trigger \| half step \| hand over fist \| hand over hand \| hard-pressed \| hard-pushed \| hard-run \| hastening \| hastily \| hasty \| headlong \| hell for leather \| hell-bent \| hell-bent for election \| hurried \| hurrying \| hustling \| in double time \| in double-quick time \| in high \| in high gear \| in seven-league boots \| lickety-cut \| lickety-split \| light of heel \| light-footed \| lively \| march \| mercurial \| nimble \| nimble-footed \| on the double \| post \| posthaste \| precipitate \| pressed \| pressed for time \| prompt \| promptly \| pushed \| quick \| quick as lightning \| quick as thought \| quick march \| quick time \| quickening \| quickly \| quickstep \| quickstep march \| rapid \| rapidly \| reckless \| running \| rushed \| slow march \| slow time \| snappily \| snappy \| spanking \| speedily \| speeding \| speedy \| swift \| swiftly \| trippingly \| under forced draft \| whip and spur \| winged \| with all haste \| with giant strides \| with rapid strides \| with speed See Also \| Double-quick In Webster's Dictionary \Dou"ble-quick`\, a. (Mil.) Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march. \Dou"ble-quick`\, n. Double-quick time, step, or march. Note: Double-quick time requires 165 steps, each 33 inches in length, to be taken in one minute. The number of steps may be increased up to 180 per minute. \Dou"ble-quick`\, v. i. & t. (Mil.) To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.

Double-quick Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Double-quick?

[adv] at a faster speed; "now let's play the piece again double-quick"
[adj] (of a marching cadence) very quick

Synonyms | Synonyms for Double-quick: double time | fast

See Also |

Double-quick In Webster's Dictionary

\Dou"ble-quick`\, a. (Mil.)
Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching,
next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march.


\Dou"ble-quick`\, n.
Double-quick time, step, or march.

Note: Double-quick time requires 165 steps, each 33 inches in
      length, to be taken in one minute. The number of steps
      may be increased up to 180 per minute.


\Dou"ble-quick`\, v. i. & t. (Mil.)
To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.

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