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Double-quick

Doub'le-quick, n.

noun

n. (Mil.) The fastest time or step, in marching, next to the run, requiring one hundred and sixty-five steps, each thirty-three inches in length, to be taken in one minute. The degree of swiftness may vary in urgent cases, and the number of steps be thus increased up to one hundred and eighty per minute.

Doub'le-quick, a.

adjective

a. (Mil.) Performed in the time called double-quick; as, a double-quick step or march.

Doub'le-quick, v. i. & t.

verbintransitivetransitive

(Mil.) To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.