"double-quick" meaning in English

See double-quick in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌdʌb.əlˈkwɪk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-double-quick.wav
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} double-quick (not comparable)
  1. Very quick; often used in the phrase in double-quick time. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-double-quick-en-adj-9gh0y6GQ

Adverb

IPA: /ˌdʌb.əlˈkwɪk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-double-quick.wav
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} double-quick (not comparable)
  1. Very quickly; at once; on the double. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-double-quick-en-adv-ha9fRURT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 51 17 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 73 9 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 59 7 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 61 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 61 15 8

Noun

IPA: /ˌdʌb.əlˈkwɪk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-double-quick.wav Forms: double-quicks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double-quick (plural double-quicks)
  1. The double time, a marching cadence (pace) approaching running speed. Synonyms (shortening): the double Translations (cadence): looppas [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-double-quick-en-noun-SOULscq2

Verb

IPA: /ˌdʌb.əlˈkwɪk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-double-quick.wav Forms: double-quicks [present, singular, third-person], double-quicking [participle, present], double-quicked [participle, past], double-quicked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} double-quick (third-person singular simple present double-quicks, present participle double-quicking, simple past and past participle double-quicked)
  1. (intransitive) To double-time, march (or rather run) at the above speedy pace. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-double-quick-en-verb-ND2Sfsds

Inflected forms

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