double-quick

[ adjective, adverb duhb-uhl-kwik; noun, verb duhb-uhl-kwik ]
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adjective
  1. very quick or rapid.

adverb
  1. in a very quick or rapid manner.

noun
  1. a very quick marching pace: double time.

verb (used with or without object)
  1. to double-time.

Origin of double-quick

1
First recorded in 1815–25

Words Nearby double-quick

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How to use double-quick in a sentence

  • Wrote double quick, then galloped over to Kephalos to see the New Army, sub rosa.

  • And, at double quick, the Guard rushed back to find it a false alarm and to see men laughing at them in the street.

  • The brigade went down through the town accompanied by a battery, and joined the line, upon the double-quick.

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  • As the two ranks of soldiers tried to go on at the double quick, two or three hundred of the mob tried to follow at their heels.

  • Sometimes they would carry him along in double quick march time, and anon halt, beyond all his power of budging.

British Dictionary definitions for double-quick

double-quick

adjective
  1. very quick; rapid

adverb
  1. in a very quick or rapid manner

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