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double-quick

[ adjective, adverb duhb-uh l-kwik; noun, verb duhb-uh l-kwik ]

/ adjective, adverb ˈdʌb əlˈkwɪk; noun, verb ˈdʌb əlˌkwɪk /

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adjective

very quick or rapid.

adverb

in a very quick or rapid manner.

noun

a very quick marching pace: double time.

verb (used with or without object)

to double-time.

Origin of double-quick

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby double-quick

double-masked experiment, double-minded, double-nickel, double-o, double-park, double-quick, double-reed, double-ring, double-ripper, double-sided, double-space

Example sentences from the Web for double-quick

Above all, on the alarm from Berlin, which called him off double-quick, things had to go their old road in that quarter.

History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
Every man in camp had dropped his working implement and was moving somewhere on the double-quick.

The Mountain Divide |Frank H. Spearman
Then somebody ran off and called George Strong, who came to the spot on the double-quick.

The Putnam Hall Cadets |Arthur M. Winfield
We take a great many of the beautiful things out of the palace, and then we start for home, double-quick.

The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe |Amanda Minnie Douglas

In double-quick time the broiled partridges were served, the wine placed, and all was ready for the two men.

For Woman's Love |Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

British Dictionary definitions for double-quick

double-quick

adjective

very quick; rapid

adverb

in a very quick or rapid manner