quick time

noun

1. Military. a rate of marching in which 120 paces, each of 30 inches (76.2 centimeters), are taken in a minute.

quick time

noun

1. military the normal marching rate of 120 paces to the minute Compare double time double time

Word History and Origins

Origin of quick time¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

JHU had the ability to be facile and nimble and work with what was there in a quick time frame.

From Time

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From Search Engine Land

The game was littered with quick time events, and its denouement included fighting a zombie Tyrannosaurus rex with a Jeep.

From Washington Post

The Huntsman team apparently went through all the stages of campaign death in quick-time: no money?

From The Daily Beast

Steps and marchings and movements involving marchings habitually executed in quick time.

From Project Gutenberg

That was sufficient to set us sliding downhill, ploughing deep furrows through the soft drift and reaching the Hut in quick time.

From Project Gutenberg

On the return trip they would sit down on the low braces of the sledge, and the horses would make quick time with no load to pull.

From Project Gutenberg

At once rhythmic taps, in exact harmony with the double quick time, were heard in the table.

From Project Gutenberg

Now the rascal knows that I am here, he will clear out of Colester in double quick time.

From Project Gutenberg