| Double-quick 1. (a.) Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march. 2. (n.) Double-quick time, step, or march. 3. (v. i. & t.) To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time. Thesaurus Entries accelerando, aggravation, beefing-up, blowing up, blowup, concentration, condensation, consolidation, deepening, double time, double-quick, double-quick time, drive, enhancement, exacerbation, exaggeration, explosion, festination, forced march, forwarding, getaway, hastening, heating-up, heightening, hurrying, impetus, information explosion, intensification, magnification, pickup, population explosion, quickening, redoubling, reinforcement, speeding, speedup, step-up, strengthening, thrust, tightening |