quick-change
/'kwiktʃeindʤ/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Adept at changing from one thing to another, especially costumes: Describes someone or something that can change rapidly, most commonly used in theatrical contexts to refer to an actor who changes costumes very swiftly to play multiple roles.
- Characterized by rapid transformation: Can describe any situation, act, or person that undergoes fast and often skillful changes in appearance, function, or state.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The magician was a quick-change artist, astonishing the audience by appearing in a new outfit every few seconds.
- The play required a quick-change scene where the living room had to transform into a forest in under a minute.
Advanced Usage
- "quick-change act/artist": A performer whose specialty is rapidly changing costumes or personas.
- The circus featured a famous quick-change artist who performed ten changes in three minutes.
Variants and Related Words
- Quick-change artist (n): A performer skilled in making rapid costume changes.
- Quickly (adv): At a fast speed. (Note: This is an adverb form of the adjective 'quick', not a direct variant of 'quick-change').
Synonyms
- Metamorphic: Tending to or capable of change in form or nature.
- Protean: Tending or able to change frequently or easily; versatile.
Related Phrases
- A quick change: (Noun phrase) The act of changing something very rapidly.
- We need to do a quick change of the set before the next act.
Related Idioms
- Change in the blink of an eye: To change extremely quickly.
- The market mood can change in the blink of an eye. (This idiom conveys a similar idea of rapid change but is not specific to costume or performance.)
Adjective
- adept at changing from one thing to another especially changing costumes
- a quick-change artist