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Definition of "double-quick" [dou•ble-quick]

  • Very quick; rapid. (adjective)
  • A marching cadence; double time. (noun)
  • To double-time. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "double-quick" in a sentence
  • "Ages 11+ Twenty-one-year-old star chef Sam Stern's recipe book for the time-pressed teen is crammed full of ideas for whipping up good food double-quick."
  • "The US, and more recently China, have gradually latched on to the growing global market for solar and have been setting up factories in double-quick time."
  • "Packers 17-10 Bears, 8:49 3rd quarter The Bears front seven might just be getting tired here - suddenly Ryan Grant is finding huge gaps to run through here as he leads the Packers down to the Chicago 12 in double-quick time."
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