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[ adjective, adverb duhb-uhl-kwik; noun, verb duhb-uhl-kwik ] / adjective, adverb ˈdʌb əlˈkwɪk; noun, verb ˈdʌb əlˌkwɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR double-quick ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbin a very quick or rapid manner. nouna very quick marching pace: double time. verb (used with or without object)Origin of double-quickFirst recorded in 1815–25 Words nearby double-quickdouble precision, double predestination, double printing, double product, double quatrefoil, double-quick, double quotes, double-reed, double refraction, double-ring, double-ripper Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for double-quickAbove all, on the alarm from Berlin, which called him off double-quick, things had to go their old road in that quarter. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle Every man in camp had dropped his working implement and was moving somewhere on the double-quick. The Mountain Divide|Frank H. Spearman Then somebody ran off and called George Strong, who came to the spot on the double-quick. The Putnam Hall Cadets|Arthur M. Winfield We take a great many of the beautiful things out of the palace, and then we start for home, double-quick. The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe|Amanda Minnie Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for double-quick
adverbin a very quick or rapid manner Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to double-quickrapid, unexpected, hasty, nimble, sudden, abrupt, quick, speedy, expeditious, rapidly, speedily, quickly, hastily, promptly, expeditiously, suddenly, swiftly, nimbly, prematurely, carelessly |