double-quick

[ adjective adverb duhb-uhl-kwik; noun verb duhb-uhl-kwik ]

adjective

1. very quick or rapid.

adverb

1. in a very quick or rapid manner.

noun

1. a very quick marching pace: double time.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to double-time.

double-quick

adjective

1. very quick; rapid

adverb

1. in a very quick or rapid manner

Word History and Origins

Origin of double-quick¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Wrote double quick, then galloped over to Kephalos to see the New Army, sub rosa.

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And, at double quick, the Guard rushed back to find it a false alarm and to see men laughing at them in the street.

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The brigade went down through the town accompanied by a battery, and joined the line, upon the double-quick.

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As the two ranks of soldiers tried to go on at the double quick, two or three hundred of the mob tried to follow at their heels.

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Sometimes they would carry him along in double quick march time, and anon halt, beyond all his power of budging.

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