quick time
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quick time
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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I wouldn’t use the word “device,” but the house gives us a more poetic approach to how quick time moves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
In cloudy conditions at the Monte Carlo Country Club, Djokovic secured two service breaks to lead 4-0 in quick time, before Safiullin finally held serve.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
India batting first gave him a chance but he was made to wait as openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill shared a stand of 100, doing so in quick time.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2023
Brook’s dismissal, edging Josh Hazlewood behind to Alex Carey, brought Bairstow to the crease and he crunched 34 not out in quick time alongside Root, who had dropped anchor by this point.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
These two men, and several youths and boys, formed a line, opposite to which other Indians sat down in a row; in the middle of which row the drum was beat in quick time.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
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