double-quick
/'dʌbl'kwik/
Definition
Adjective:
- Extremely rapid or fast: Used to describe something happening with great speed or urgency, often in a military context referring to a marching pace faster than "quick time."
Adverb:
- At a very fast pace: Used to describe the manner of an action performed with extreme speed.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- The troops moved at a double-quick pace to reach the objective.
- We need a double-quick response to this emergency.
Adverb:
- The messenger ran double-quick to deliver the news.
- Finish this task double-quick!
Advanced Usage
- "at the double-quick": Moving or acting with extreme haste.
- The platoon advanced at the double-quick across the open field.
Variants and Related Words
- Double time (n): A marching pace twice as fast as the normal pace; often used interchangeably in military contexts.
- The sergeant ordered the march in double time.
Synonyms
- Rapidly
- Posthaste
- Expeditiously
Related Phrases
- In double-quick time: Very quickly, without delay.
- The repairs were completed in double-quick time.
Adjective
-
(of a marching cadence) very quick
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