Quickstep (Noun)
Meaning 1
Military march accompanying quick time.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The company commander gave the order to advance at the double, and the troops broke into a smart quickstep as they moved out.
- The sound of the drums and bugles filled the air as the parade ground echoed with the rhythm of the quickstep.
- As the general appeared, the troops fell into a precise quickstep in salute.
- The soldiers, after a brief halt, fell into a lively quickstep to make up for lost time.
- The army band played a brisk quickstep as the troops marched past the reviewing stand.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.