quick marchn.int.

(In sense A.)Brit.

/ˈkwɪk ˌmɑːtʃ/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪk ˌmɑrtʃ/ (in sense B.)Brit.

/ˌkwɪk ˈmɑːtʃ/, U.S.

/ˌkwɪk ˈmɑrtʃ/

Forms: see quick adj., n.¹, and adv. and march n.⁵

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quick adj., march n.⁵; quick adv., march v.²

Etymology: < quick adj. + march n.⁵ In use as interjection partly also < quick adv. + march v.²With sense A. 2 compare quickstep n. 2, quick time n. 1. With use as interjection compare earlier quick-march v.

A. n.

1. A brisk military march, a march in quick time. Also figurative.The exact length and pace of the quick march varies according to period and locality. Cf. quick time n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > rate of marching > specific

quick march1606

double march1661

slow time1763

ordinary time1792

quick time1802

double time1833

double1860

walk-march1874

1606 J. Marston Wonder of Women iii. ii. sig. E2^v Beat then a close quicke march Before the morne shall shake cold dewes through skyes.

1661 Princess Cloria iv. 402 The quick march of the Kings Souldiers.

1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 287 That quick march of the spirits..does in the end exhaust the mind.

1797 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (rev. ed.) App. 263 The Quick March, 108 steps in a minute.

1806 R. Cumberland Hint to Husbands ii. ii. 28 Wine..makes the heart Beat a quick march upon the ribs.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Quick march,..the ordinary pace is 3¼ miles to the hour, or 110 paces (275 feet) to the minute.

1945 A. Bryant Years of Victory ix. 220 In the quick march which he..devised for the light infantryman, the constrained and rigid movements of the Prussian march were abandoned for a free and natural rhythm.

1985 Times 6 July 2/5 Each four-man team took its lonely turn to perform..the slow march, 65 paces a minute and the quick march at 116 paces a minute each pace being 30 ins long.

2006 Brentwood Gaz. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 9 With split-second precision 50 pairs of shining black shoes strode into a quick march.

2. Music. = quickstep n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > march

march1588

dead march1603

funeral march1633

death march1762

quickstepc1790

quick march1791

wedding-march1850

1791 J. Williamson Elem. Mil. Arrangem. (ed. 3) II. 192 In returning, the fifers or band of music play a quick-march, even before they are clear of the church-yard.

1810 W. Wheeler Let. 10 June in B. H. Liddell Hart Lett. Private Wheeler (1952) 36 As is usual, the music struck up a quick march.

1907 F. Niecks Programme Music in Last Four Cent. i. 15 Instead of the ‘Irish march’ it has a ‘Quick march’ which may be only a difference of title.

1993 Scotsman (Nexis) 31 July The pipes and drums of the battalion's regimental band played the quick march ‘Crags of Tumbledown’.

B. int.

Used as a command to soldiers to march in quick time. Hence more generally, as an exhortation to move swiftly.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > order [interjection] > order to march

quick march1781

1781 Conc. Compend. Mil. Manoeuvres 12 Grenadiers and light infantry, join your companies, Quick march, Front.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Quick..forms the cautionary part of a word of command when troops are ordered to move in quick time; as Quick—March.

1824 T. Carlyle Let. 21 Feb. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) III. 34 I am printing a book.., but..when it is done—Quick, March! is the word.

1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 18 Nov. 2/4 The words of command were..‘Eyes front, by your right, quick march’.

1914 A. D. Gillespie Let. 30 Aug. in Lett. from Flanders (1916) 4 He called them to attention with a roar, fours by the right, quick march, and off they went.

2003 A. Bromfield tr. B. Akunin Winter Queen (2004) xiii. 188 Unfortunately I have already dismissed my carriage, so we will have to look for a cab... Come on, quick march!

Compounds

General attributive, with sense ‘of or relating to the quick march, having the timing or beat of a quick march’, as quick march step, quick march time, quick march tune, etc.

ΚΠ

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House iii. 331 Softly whistling, in quick-march time.

1878 H. A. Roche On Trek in Transvaal 239 ‘Hamba! Hamba! Taaté,’ a quick-march order which even a dog understands here.

1915 Musical Q. 1 241 ‘The British Grenadiers’, one of the best quick march tunes in literature.

1959 H. Gregory World James McNeill Whistler iv. 50 General Winfield Scott..said it was they who had won the war in quick march time.

1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 31 May ii. 19 The bracing quick march steps.

2002 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 14 Jan. 18 The municipal government last year held the ceremony in the quick-march time of 15 minutes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	quick march
释义	quick marchn.int. (In sense A.)Brit. /ˈkwɪk ˌmɑːtʃ/, U.S. /ˈkwɪk ˌmɑrtʃ/ (in sense B.)Brit. /ˌkwɪk ˈmɑːtʃ/, U.S. /ˌkwɪk ˈmɑrtʃ/ Forms: see quick adj., n.¹, and adv. and march n.⁵ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quick adj., march n.⁵; quick adv., march v.² Etymology: < quick adj. + march n.⁵ In use as interjection partly also < quick adv. + march v.²With sense A. 2 compare quickstep n. 2, quick time n. 1. With use as interjection compare earlier quick-march v. A. n. 1. A brisk military march, a march in quick time. Also figurative.The exact length and pace of the quick march varies according to period and locality. Cf. quick time n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > rate of marching > specific quick march1606 double march1661 slow time1763 ordinary time1792 quick time1802 double time1833 double1860 walk-march1874 1606 J. Marston Wonder of Women iii. ii. sig. E2^v Beat then a close quicke march Before the morne shall shake cold dewes through skyes. 1661 Princess Cloria iv. 402 The quick march of the Kings Souldiers. 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 287 That quick march of the spirits..does in the end exhaust the mind. 1797 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (rev. ed.) App. 263 The Quick March, 108 steps in a minute. 1806 R. Cumberland Hint to Husbands ii. ii. 28 Wine..makes the heart Beat a quick march upon the ribs. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Quick march,..the ordinary pace is 3¼ miles to the hour, or 110 paces (275 feet) to the minute. 1945 A. Bryant Years of Victory ix. 220 In the quick march which he..devised for the light infantryman, the constrained and rigid movements of the Prussian march were abandoned for a free and natural rhythm. 1985 Times 6 July 2/5 Each four-man team took its lonely turn to perform..the slow march, 65 paces a minute and the quick march at 116 paces a minute each pace being 30 ins long. 2006 Brentwood Gaz. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 9 With split-second precision 50 pairs of shining black shoes strode into a quick march. 2. Music. = quickstep n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > march march1588 dead march1603 funeral march1633 death march1762 quickstepc1790 quick march1791 wedding-march1850 1791 J. Williamson Elem. Mil. Arrangem. (ed. 3) II. 192 In returning, the fifers or band of music play a quick-march, even before they are clear of the church-yard. 1810 W. Wheeler Let. 10 June in B. H. Liddell Hart Lett. Private Wheeler (1952) 36 As is usual, the music struck up a quick march. 1907 F. Niecks Programme Music in Last Four Cent. i. 15 Instead of the ‘Irish march’ it has a ‘Quick march’ which may be only a difference of title. 1993 Scotsman (Nexis) 31 July The pipes and drums of the battalion's regimental band played the quick march ‘Crags of Tumbledown’. B. int. Used as a command to soldiers to march in quick time. Hence more generally, as an exhortation to move swiftly. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > order [interjection] > order to march quick march1781 1781 Conc. Compend. Mil. Manoeuvres 12 Grenadiers and light infantry, join your companies, Quick march, Front. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Quick..forms the cautionary part of a word of command when troops are ordered to move in quick time; as Quick—March. 1824 T. Carlyle Let. 21 Feb. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) III. 34 I am printing a book.., but..when it is done—Quick, March! is the word. 1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 18 Nov. 2/4 The words of command were..‘Eyes front, by your right, quick march’. 1914 A. D. Gillespie Let. 30 Aug. in Lett. from Flanders (1916) 4 He called them to attention with a roar, fours by the right, quick march, and off they went. 2003 A. Bromfield tr. B. Akunin Winter Queen (2004) xiii. 188 Unfortunately I have already dismissed my carriage, so we will have to look for a cab... Come on, quick march! Compounds General attributive, with sense ‘of or relating to the quick march, having the timing or beat of a quick march’, as quick march step, quick march time, quick march tune, etc. ΚΠ 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House iii. 331 Softly whistling, in quick-march time. 1878 H. A. Roche On Trek in Transvaal 239 ‘Hamba! Hamba! Taaté,’ a quick-march order which even a dog understands here. 1915 Musical Q. 1 241 ‘The British Grenadiers’, one of the best quick march tunes in literature. 1959 H. Gregory World James McNeill Whistler iv. 50 General Winfield Scott..said it was they who had won the war in quick march time. 1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 31 May ii. 19 The bracing quick march steps. 2002 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 14 Jan. 18 The municipal government last year held the ceremony in the quick-march time of 15 minutes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.int.1606
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