quickie

[ kwik-ee ]
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noun
  1. a book, story, movie, etc., usually trivial in quality, requiring only a short time to produce.

  2. a quickly consumed alcoholic drink.

  1. anything taking only a short time, especially a hurried sexual encounter.

adjective
  1. done, made, assembled, etc., quickly or hurriedly: I'll fix a quickie meal after I get home from the office.

  2. achieved or acquired with a minimum of formality: a quickie divorce.

Origin of quickie

1
First recorded in 1925–30; quick + -ie

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British Dictionary definitions for quickie

quickie

/ (ˈkwɪkɪ) /


nouninformal
  1. Also called (esp Brit): quick one a speedily consumed alcoholic drink

    • anything made, done, produced, or consumed rapidly or in haste

    • (as modifier): a quickie divorce; a quickie ceremony

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