Used in a Sentence

quickie

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for quickie.

Editorial note

Quickie aircraft corporation - the guys who made the quickie Q2 (based on a Rutan design) were sued out of existence back in the 80's.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(colloquial) Something made or done swiftly.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of quickie gathered in one view.

noun

(colloquial) Something made or done swiftly.

noun

(colloquial, by extension) A brief sexual encounter.

noun

(cricket) A fast bowler.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for quickie.

Example sentences

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Quickie aircraft corporation - the guys who made the quickie Q2 (based on a Rutan design) were sued out of existence back in the 80's.

2

Reminded me of the old Steven Wright joke when he went to the Quickie Mart and it was closed.

3

I had a Doomsday vision of high school graduates and former tradespeople, for example, going for quickie certification.

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When I did the question, I've run it as both a 1-minute quickie and a 15-minute conversation.

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Reading an Googler's quickie blogpost investment guide isn't the path to financial independence.

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I've bailed my guys out of jail (enough to get a quickie card from the bondsman), separated fights, etc.

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Lack of ability to evaluate competence means the loudest peacocks at the quickie-oil-change shop proclaim themselves gods gift to automotive engineering.

8

Wrote a quickie on how this is a stopgap, but purchased one nonetheless..

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Plus complaining about paying $3 for an apple at the gas station quickie mart is a rare and cheap conspicuous consumption opportunity for them.

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But I like it better than someone setting up a quickie Selfstarter install and waiting for money to roll in.

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I use that component for quickie logs; Control-D inserts a timestamp at the insertion point.

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I'm sure 90% of people out there will prefer hacking together quickie games using Python and PyGame to playing with continuations in Scheme.

Quote examples

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Quickie, interpreted languages for "hit and run" projects are not my stuff.

2

The "get options and get rich" mentality has everyone trying to build the next quickie web service or iPhone app rather than looking at real improvements.

3

Each of these has a more in-depth version, as well as a couple of classes called "Searching Shakespeare" that are designed as a two-day full-stack quickie to build something that uses a little of ever piece.

Proper noun examples

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Quickie translation, corrections by German natives appreciated: After examining a complaint by the secret service the Attorney General is investigating the editors of netzpolitik.org.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use quickie in a sentence?

Quickie aircraft corporation - the guys who made the quickie Q2 (based on a Rutan design) were sued out of existence back in the 80's.

What does quickie mean?

(colloquial) Something made or done swiftly.

What part of speech is quickie?

quickie is commonly used as noun.