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
The quickstep and jive hailed from an era of Brylcreem and Butlin's holidays.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2023
Feeling safe and among their own, they made many friends there while polishing off their tango and quickstep.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2023
In Monday night’s bouncy quickstep, Rigsby matched Burke’s movements more closely, and though his steps still lacked crispness, he was light on his feet and never betrayed a blink of fatigue.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2021
At last, however, we set forth, Tintefleck lightening the way with a merry can-zonette that had the time of a quickstep.
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James
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