quickload

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US/ˈkwɪk.loʊd/

verb

To load a previous save with a rapid keystroke, especially if this can be done while already actively playing.

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Meanings

verbquickload (third-person singular simple present quickloads, present participle quickloading, simple past and past participle quickloaded)

present singular third person quickloads · participle present quickloading · participle past quickloaded · past quickloaded

  1. video gamesTo load a previous save with a rapid keystroke, especially if this can be done while already actively playing.
nounquickload (plural quickloads)

plural quickloads

  1. video gamesAn instance of quickloading.

Origin

From quick + load. Attested at least since 1992, as a feature in the game Wolfenstein 3D (in the form "Quick Load").

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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