quickie

[kwik-ee]

noun

1. a book, story, movie, etc., usually trivial in quality, requiring only a short time to produce.

2. a quickly consumed alcoholic drink.

3. 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.

quickie

/ ˈkwɪkɪ /

noun

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

2. 1. anything made, done, produced, or consumed rapidly or in haste

   2. ( as modifier )

      a quickie divorce

      a quickie ceremony

Word History and Origins

Origin of quickie¹

First recorded in 1925–30; quick + -ie

Example Sentences

Craig and Carter Blanchard collaborated on the screenplay adaptation, and the film relies on the kind of quickie reveals and twists that audiences would expect from this kind of thing.

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Lately, she’s been teaching classes on making bagels — not the quickie recipe, but the overnight version.

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Their curiosity turned quickie, unauthorized biographies like “Leonardo DiCaprio: Modern-Day Romeo” into bestsellers and compelled them to fire up their modems and head to GeoCities to make rudimentary websites that functioned like virtual bedroom walls.

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“They’d rather have this quickie ceremony,” she said, “and spend the money on a world cruise for a honeymoon.”

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And so in September, Marie went down to Tijuana to get a quickie divorce, which was very popular back then.

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