noun
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a modern ballroom dance in rapid quadruple time
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a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
verb
Etymology
Origin of quickstep
Example Sentences
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Back in the actual 1990s, ice dancers cycled through traditional dances: samba, blues, polka, rumba, quickstep, tango, jive, paso doble, Viennese waltz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Feeling safe and among their own, they made many friends there while polishing off their tango and quickstep.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2023
They danced a quickstep to The Muppet Show theme, from The Muppets Movie, on Saturday night and scored 25 points from the judges.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2021
Carrie Ann calls it “a little wild” and cautions him to watch his posture, but she likes that it had way more passion than you usually see in a quickstep.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2020
But the throb and beat of the quickstep failed to hasten little Lady Constance's lagging feet, so that further rebellion against his own infirmity assaulted poor Dick.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas
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