quickstep

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noun

A fast foxtrot noted for its complex and intricate footwork.

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Meanings

nounquickstep (plural quicksteps)

plural quicksteps

  1. A fast foxtrot noted for its complex and intricate footwork.

    Miss Esler and Mr. McMorrow went to Kalgoorlie to adjudicate at the goldfields waltz and quickstep championships, and found the standard of dancing surprisingly high.

    1938 October 26, The Daily News, Perth, page 11, column 5
verbquickstep (third-person singular simple present quicksteps, present participle quickstepping, simple past and past participle quickstepped)

present singular third person quicksteps · participle present quickstepping · participle past quickstepped · past quickstepped

  1. To dance the quickstep.
  2. To move with a hurried step.

    "Nice to see you, too, Vidar" , Kate said, and she and Mutt quickstepped inside.

    2009, Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, →ISBN, page 164

Origin

From quick + step.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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