Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A march for accompanying quick time.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Milit., a march in quick time—that is, at the rate of 110 steps per minute.
- n. Music adapted to such a rapid march, or in a brisk march rhythm.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Mus.) A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps
- v. perform a quickstep
- n. military march accompanying quick time
Etymologies
- quick + step. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“On my favorite dance show, "So You Think You Can Dance," they call the quickstep the "Kiss of Death" because it is intricate, quick and not necessarily as big a crowd pleaser as the more dramatic or romantic dances - so any couple who gets burdened with it usually ends up going home the next week.”
“The quickstep will be a thank you for all the opportunities we've received coming to America.”
“I think the quickstep will be a better dance for them and they'll both learn from the first week.”
“He believed the footwork required for the quickstep was a crucial ingredient of batting skill.”
“I think that their quickstep was the best so far tonight.”
“I was a bit afraid of the quickstep because everyone said it was challenging.”
“What my mother left me was not dancing shoes or diamond rings or bad luck with men it was the way she stood so straight barely reaching my shoulder but tall on days when life bends most people low and that quickstep of hers forward always to music only she could imagine”
February « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
“Yet once they start dancing, the effect is pure gold: the thumpy rhythms of their feet on the wooden floor of a park pavilion, the couple's shared power and mutual athleticism, their whizzing quickstep that feels like the Earth's been knocked off its axis and the effortless, ecstatic, romantic joy of it all.”
The Washington Post: Ginger Rogers at 100: Even with Astaire, always taking the lead
“Though the show judges praised his quickstep as his best performance to date, former NBA star Rick Fox got the hook on "Dancing with the Stars" Tuesday during its bicentennial episode.”
The Washington Post: Rick Fox sent packing on 'Dancing With the Stars' results night
“Rick Fox and Cheryl Burke get stuck re-doing Helio Castroneves's banana-suited quickstep.”
The Washington Post: 'Dancing with the Stars' mentor week: We watch so you don't have to
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘quickstep’.
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Gene Wolfe
Please contribute your favorite words from any of Gene Wolfe’s books to this prize-winning list.
In case you come across words in this list which are too commonplace to fit in, please ...gallipot, roost, badelaire, oblesque, execration, dhole, amschaspand, arctother, chalcedony, penitence, asimi, autarch and 839 more...
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MUSIC - dance styles
A list generated by Phrontistery
http://phrontistery.info/dance.html
which I wanted to have along with my own lists on Wordnikallemande, beguine, bergamask, bolero, bossa-nova, boston, bourrée, bransle, buck-and-wing, cabriole, cakewalk, canary and 93 more...
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phrontistery - q
from phrontistery.info
qanat, qasida, qat, qigong, qintar, qiviut, qoph, qua, quab, quackle, quacksalver, quad and 227 more...
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Redundancing
The Moves. Do~do~ditty!
tango, bolero, cha cha, foxtrot, foxtantino, hip hop, hustle, jive, merengue, two step, paso doble, quickstep and 219 more...
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Dance Magic Dance
Styles of dance
ballet, tango, waltz, salsa, polka, swing, charleston, foxtrot, jitterbug, tap, quickstep, mambo and 101 more...
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Fife and Drum Words
For all those fifers and drummers out there... This one's for you.
Related lists are here and here.drum, fife, sticks, ears, rope-tensioned, snare, snare head, batter head, shell, rim, sling, paradiddle and 72 more...
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begins with "qu"
"Qu..." seems to produce some extraordinarily euphonious words.
quiescent, quantifiable, quadrilateral, quackery, quaff, quadrennial, quadruplicate, quaking aspen, qualmish, quandaries, quark, quartziferous and 31 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, Q
quitclaim, quiddity, quicksand, quoin, quidnunc, quickstep, quiz, quantifiable, quadruple, quadrivoltine, quinquennial, quilt and 45 more...
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Jamaica
irie, duppy, saltfish, ackee, callaloo, boonoonoonoos, jonga, pissabed, iniquity, quackoo, ruinate, braata and 28 more...
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