quick timen.adv.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪk tʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪk ˌtaɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quick adj., time n.

Etymology: < quick adj. + time n.With sense A. 1 compare quick march n. 2, quickstep n. 2.

A. n.

1. Music and Dance. Without article. A fast tempo. Also in extended use.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [noun] > specific tempo

quadruplaa1450

measure time1626

quick time1712

tempo giusto1724

tempo rubato1724

tittuping1780

rubato1855

double time1877

strict tempo1936

half-time1938

tranquillo1980

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nonupla, a quick time in Musick peculiar to Gigs and such like; having nine Crotchets between Bar and Bar.]

1712 Hist. Prince Mirabel's Infancy & Disgrace 12 Past Delights met returning Joys in the Grand Round, and they beat quick Time in all their Recreations.

1790 A. Alison Ess. on Nature & Princ. of Taste ii. ii. 181 If there are few Sounds in this Interval, these Sounds must be prolonged to occupy the whole space of Time. If there are many, they must be sounded quickly for the same reason. The one constitutes what is called Slow, the other what is called quick Time in common language.

1840 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop I. xviii. 192 The dog in disgrace ground hard at the organ, sometimes in quick time, sometimes in slow.

1895 Chicago Tribune 10 Aug. 8/1 It is arranged in waltz-galop quick time.

1938 Music & Lett. 19 313 Such characteristic features as syncopations in quick time, which a rigid beat displays with great clarity.

1992 T. E. Mails Cherokee People 211/2 The dancers..moved forward in quick time.

2. Military. A brisk rate of marching consisting of about 110–120 paces in a minute. Also in extended use. Cf. double-quick n.In the British army the rate of quick time has been raised during the past two centuries (see early quots.); in the late 20th cent. the average was between 110 and 120 paces per minute, with a light infantry and rifle regiment average of 140 paces per minute. The current U.S. rate is about 120 paces per minute.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > rate of marching > specific

quick march1606

double march1661

slow time1763

ordinary time1792

quick time1802

double time1833

double1860

walk-march1874

1766 T. O'Loghlen Marine Volunteer iv. 58 The Use of quick Time is, that a Battalion may advance or retire with so much the more Expedition.

1792 Rules & Regulations His Majesty's Forces i. 22 The cadence of the ordinary pace having become..habitual to the recruits, they are..to be taught to march a quick time, which is 108 steps in the minute, each of 30 inches.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Quick Step, or Quick Time, is 108 steps of 30 inches each, or 270 feet in a minute, and is the step used in all filings of divisions. Quickest Step, or Quickest Time is 120 steps of 30 inches each, or 300 feet in a minute.

1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 261 All Grenadier and Fusilier Regiments are, when marching in quick time, upon occasions of Guard-mounting, Parade or Review, to march to the Grenadier's March.

1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) at Step Quick step, a military step of 30 inches, with a cadence..of 116 per minute, in the British army. It constitutes what is technically called quick time in marching.

1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Sound, to sound off In the ceremony of parade or guard mounting in the United States army, to play, usually marching in quick time from right to left of the line and back.

1923 Aussie: Cheerful Mag. Oct. 23/1 He goes away an' comes back again with two long mugs o' red wine. We sunk it in quick time.

1999 S. E. Woodworth Chickamauga App. C. 167 A regiment using orthodox tactics would typically step off on an attack moving at a ‘quick time’ rate of 110 steps per minute (at which rate it would cover about 85 yards per minute).

B. adv.

In quick time; quickly. Caribbean in later use.

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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adverb] > quickly

soonc825

quicklyc1300

rifelya1375

swiftlya1400

hourly1529

apace1535

in less than a lightning1591

quick time1816

succinctly1837

quickstep1855

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 254 Come, come, Mrs. Janet—march, troop—quick time.

1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing p. x They bent a march, quick time, back to Washington.

1946 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 12 May 6/8 'Im quick time start fe drink it up 'Im wus in sech a haste.

1971 Jamaican Weekly Gleaner 3 Nov. 5/1 The real tourist types..did not miss the chance to dress quick time in tee-shirt and so forth emblazoned with ‘Miami, Florida’.

2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) xiii. 358 He wan' you to go over to de estate quick time and present yourself to Mr Glenard, a good Christian gentleman.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quick time
释义	quick timen.adv. Brit. /ˈkwɪk tʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈkwɪk ˌtaɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quick adj., time n. Etymology: < quick adj. + time n.With sense A. 1 compare quick march n. 2, quickstep n. 2. A. n. 1. Music and Dance. Without article. A fast tempo. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [noun] > specific tempo quadruplaa1450 measure time1626 quick time1712 tempo giusto1724 tempo rubato1724 tittuping1780 rubato1855 double time1877 strict tempo1936 half-time1938 tranquillo1980 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nonupla, a quick time in Musick peculiar to Gigs and such like; having nine Crotchets between Bar and Bar.] 1712 Hist. Prince Mirabel's Infancy & Disgrace 12 Past Delights met returning Joys in the Grand Round, and they beat quick Time in all their Recreations. 1790 A. Alison Ess. on Nature & Princ. of Taste ii. ii. 181 If there are few Sounds in this Interval, these Sounds must be prolonged to occupy the whole space of Time. If there are many, they must be sounded quickly for the same reason. The one constitutes what is called Slow, the other what is called quick Time in common language. 1840 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop I. xviii. 192 The dog in disgrace ground hard at the organ, sometimes in quick time, sometimes in slow. 1895 Chicago Tribune 10 Aug. 8/1 It is arranged in waltz-galop quick time. 1938 Music & Lett. 19 313 Such characteristic features as syncopations in quick time, which a rigid beat displays with great clarity. 1992 T. E. Mails Cherokee People 211/2 The dancers..moved forward in quick time. 2. Military. A brisk rate of marching consisting of about 110–120 paces in a minute. Also in extended use. Cf. double-quick n.In the British army the rate of quick time has been raised during the past two centuries (see early quots.); in the late 20th cent. the average was between 110 and 120 paces per minute, with a light infantry and rifle regiment average of 140 paces per minute. The current U.S. rate is about 120 paces per minute. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > rate of marching > specific quick march1606 double march1661 slow time1763 ordinary time1792 quick time1802 double time1833 double1860 walk-march1874 1766 T. O'Loghlen Marine Volunteer iv. 58 The Use of quick Time is, that a Battalion may advance or retire with so much the more Expedition. 1792 Rules & Regulations His Majesty's Forces i. 22 The cadence of the ordinary pace having become..habitual to the recruits, they are..to be taught to march a quick time, which is 108 steps in the minute, each of 30 inches. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Quick Step, or Quick Time, is 108 steps of 30 inches each, or 270 feet in a minute, and is the step used in all filings of divisions. Quickest Step, or Quickest Time is 120 steps of 30 inches each, or 300 feet in a minute. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 261 All Grenadier and Fusilier Regiments are, when marching in quick time, upon occasions of Guard-mounting, Parade or Review, to march to the Grenadier's March. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) at Step Quick step, a military step of 30 inches, with a cadence..of 116 per minute, in the British army. It constitutes what is technically called quick time in marching. 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Sound, to sound off In the ceremony of parade or guard mounting in the United States army, to play, usually marching in quick time from right to left of the line and back. 1923 Aussie: Cheerful Mag. Oct. 23/1 He goes away an' comes back again with two long mugs o' red wine. We sunk it in quick time. 1999 S. E. Woodworth Chickamauga App. C. 167 A regiment using orthodox tactics would typically step off on an attack moving at a ‘quick time’ rate of 110 steps per minute (at which rate it would cover about 85 yards per minute). B. adv. In quick time; quickly. Caribbean in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adverb] > quickly soonc825 quicklyc1300 rifelya1375 swiftlya1400 hourly1529 apace1535 in less than a lightning1591 quick time1816 succinctly1837 quickstep1855 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 254 Come, come, Mrs. Janet—march, troop—quick time. 1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing p. x They bent a march, quick time, back to Washington. 1946 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 12 May 6/8 'Im quick time start fe drink it up 'Im wus in sech a haste. 1971 Jamaican Weekly Gleaner 3 Nov. 5/1 The real tourist types..did not miss the chance to dress quick time in tee-shirt and so forth emblazoned with ‘Miami, Florida’. 2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) xiii. 358 He wan' you to go over to de estate quick time and present yourself to Mr Glenard, a good Christian gentleman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.1712
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