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quick·ie

(kwĭk′ē)

n. Informal

1. Something made or done rapidly.

2. An act of sexual intercourse that is done quickly and often furtively.

quick′ie adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

quickie

(ˈkwɪkɪ) or

quicky

1. (Brewing) Also called (esp Brit): quick one a speedily consumed alcoholic drink

a. anything made, done, produced, or consumed rapidly or in haste

b. (as modifier): a quickie divorce; a quickie ceremony.

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

quick•ie

(ˈkwɪk i)

n.

1. something produced, done, or enjoyed in only a short time.

adj.

2. accomplished quickly with minimal formality: a quickie meal.

[1925–30]

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Noun

quickie - hurried repair

quick fix, quicky, band aid

fixing, repair, mend, mending, reparation, fix, fixture - the act of putting something in working order again

Translations

Quickieschnelle Nummer

sveltina una cosa svelta

rapidinha

quickie

[ˈkwɪkɪ] N (= question) → pregunta f cortita; (= drink) → copita f; (= sex) → polvito m
to have a quickie (= drink) → tomarse una copita; (= sex) → echarse un polvito

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

quickie

[ˈkwɪki] n (= question) → question f rapide
to have a quickie (= drink) → boire un coup en vitesse (= game) → faire une partie rapide (= sex) → tirer un coup en vitesse quickie divorce n → divorce m express

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

quickie

n (inf) (= drink) → eine(r, s) auf die Schnelle (inf); (= question) → kurze Frage; (= sex) → Quickie m (inf); the meeting has to be a quickie → mit der Besprechung müssen wirs kurz machen (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

quickie

[ˈkwɪkɪ] n (fam) → cosa fatta velocemente; (question) → domanda veloce
do you fancy a quickie? (drink) → andiamo a bere qualcosa?

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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