quick : Idioms & Phrases

• . See Brachystochrone.

Webster 1913

• adverb at a faster speed
  double time.
  
  • now let's play the piece again double-quick

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• adjective satellite (of a marching cadence) very quick
  

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Dou"ble-quick` adjective

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1. (Mil.) Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march.

Dou"ble-quick` noun

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1. Double-quick time, step, or march. ✍ Double-quick time requires 165 steps, each 33 inches in length, to be taken in one minute. The number of steps may be increased up to 180 per minute.

Dou"ble-quick` intransitive verb & transitive verb

Definitions

1. (Mil.) To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.

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• noun assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash)
  liquid assets; current assets.
  

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• noun breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking
  

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• noun quick or easy earnings, "they are traders out to make a fast buck"
  fast buck.
  

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• noun hurried repair
  quickie; band aid; quicky.
  

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• noun European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
  dog grass; Agropyron repens; quack grass; witchgrass; witch grass; quackgrass; couch grass.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Quitch grass.

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• noun marching at quick time
  

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• . See under Match.

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• noun someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
  sponge.
  
  • she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge

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• noun a feeling of resentful anger
  irascibility; short temper; spleen.
  

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• noun a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute
  

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• (Mining), a vein of ore which is productive, not barren.

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• vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous material.

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• quicksilver water.

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• pregnant with a living child.

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• adjective satellite adept at changing from one thing to another especially changing costumes
  
  • a quick-change artist

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• adjective satellite of a liquid substance that dries quickly
  

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• adjective satellite having keen hearing
  sharp-eared.
  

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• verb freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors
  flash-freeze; quick-freeze.
  
  • quick-freeze the shrimp

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• verb freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors
  flash-freeze; quick-freeze.
  
  • quick-freeze the shrimp
• adjective satellite (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value
  frozen; flash-frozen.
  
  • frozen foods

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Quick"-scent`ed adjective

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1. Acute of smell.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite having very keen vision
  hawk-eyed; keen-sighted; argus-eyed; lynx-eyed; sharp-sighted; sharp-eyed.
  
  • quick-sighted as a cat
• adjective satellite keenly perceptive or alert
  sharp-eyed; sharp-sighted.
  
  • quick-sighted into the faults of the time"- Leonard Bacon

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Quick"-sight`ed adjective

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1. Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern. Locke. --Quick"-sight`ed*ness, n.

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• adjective satellite quickly aroused to anger
  hot-tempered; hotheaded; short-tempered; choleric; irascible.
  
  • a hotheaded commander

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• adjective satellite mentally nimble and resourceful
  
  • quick-witted debater
  • saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact

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Quick"-wit`ted adjective

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1. Having ready wit Shak.

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• noun intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay
  quickness; mental quickness.
  

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Quick"-wit`ted*ness noun

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1. Readiness of wit. "Celtic quick-wittedness." M. Arnold.

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