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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Three pairs of dancers have made it to Blackpool's National Amateur Championships, but rivalries and mis-steps threaten the fixed smiles and fake tans in Amanda Whittington's Kiss Me Quickstep, Derby Theatre, 6-21 June.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025
As Polygon lays out, it reduces the distance of the teleportation-like Bloodhound Step skill and buffs the somewhat similar Quickstep, but makes both less effective if you spam them continuously.
From The Verge • Aug. 9, 2022
SAT Quickstep lesson, 7:15 p.m.; dance to traditional and popular ballroom music, 8 p.m.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2018
Irish rider Dan Martin of the Quickstep team was second to the top, surprising Froome with his own burst of speed on a very steep section near the finish.
From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2017
The Quickstep bucked a howling southeaster all the way down the coast, and the Skinners were knocked from one end of their wet stateroom to the other and slept not a wink.
From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
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