PDQ

P3D2Q10

Initialism of pretty damned/darn quick: very quickly, as quickly as possible.

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toot sweet
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Meanings

adverbPDQ (not comparable)

alternative pdq

  1. abbreviationcolloquialinitialismnot comparableInitialism of pretty damned/darn quick: very quickly, as quickly as possible.

    Well, whatever happened, Joe must be taken off the Noakes case p.d.q.

    1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon

    Synonyms: toot sweet

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
quicklytoot suite
Cite this entry
APA

PDQ. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PDQ

MLA

“PDQ.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PDQ. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “PDQ,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PDQ.

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