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quick step, ˈquickstep n.
1. Mil. The step used in marching in quick time. Also quasi-adv., at a quick step.
1802, etc. [see quick time]. 1864Sunset Stories No. 1 10 Stir round, can't you, Jem? take your fingers out of your mouth, and get some kindlins, quick step. 1875W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 51 We now move, quick-step, over the pasture-fields.
transf.1877Talmage 50 Serm. 26 Nearly all the verses of the Bible have a quick-step.
2. Mus. A march in military quick time.
1811Busby Dict. Mus., Quick-step, a species of march generally written in two crotchets in a bar. 1885Harper's Mag. Feb. 384/1 The drum..beats a..quickstep. 1897H. Porter Campaigning with Grant in Century Mag. Apr. 826 Bands were playing stirring quicksteps.
3. A quick dance; spec. a fast modern ballroom dance in 4/4 time.
1880[see lassu]. 1927V. Silvester Mod. Ballroom Dancing 25 For Charleston, Quickstep, and Tango the right hand should be held further round. Ibid. 64 Owing to the speed at which foxtrots are played, it is not possible to do the slow foxtrot unless the orchestra plays slowly, hence the evolution of the Quickstep. This dance is now done mixed in with the Charleston. 1937E. Porter Music through Dance viii. 142 The dances of the post-war period were still the Quickstep, and the Foxtrot in its quick and slow variations. 1955Radio Times 22 Apr. 7/2 The Gold Star Trophy..will be awarded for the best all⁓round performance in the four basic ballroom dances—the waltz, foxtrot, tango, and quickstep. 1976Times 11 June 14/6 The bandleader..changed the tempo to what the programme said was a foxtrot but which..was more of a quickstep. |