Quickie
[kwik-ee] /ˈkwɪk i/ Informal.
noun
1.
a book, story, movie, etc., usually trivial in quality, requiring only a short time to produce.
2.
a quickly consumed alcoholic drink.
3.
anything taking only a short time, especially a hurried sexual encounter.
adjective
4.
done, made, assembled, etc., quickly or hurriedly:
I’ll fix a quickie meal after I get home from the office.
5.
achieved or acquired with a minimum of formality:
a quickie divorce.
/ˈkwɪkɪ/
noun (informal)
1.
Also called (esp Brit) quick one. a speedily consumed alcoholic drink
2.
n.
“sex act done hastily,” 1940, from quick (adj.) + -ie. As “alcoholic drink meant to be taken hurriedly,” from 1941 (quick one in this sense from 1928). From 1926 as “motion picture made in a short time.”
modifier
: the new ”quickie divorce” law
noun
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