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QUICKSTEP
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Irregular inflected forms: quickstepped , quickstepping
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("quickstep" is a kind of...):
ballroom dance; ballroom dancing (any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom)
Derivation:
quickstep (perform a quickstep)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Military march accompanying quick time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("quickstep" is a kind of...):
martial music; military march; military music (brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perform a quickstep
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "quickstep" is one way to...):
dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue quickstep
Derivation:
quickstep (a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps)
