double-quick

1. 1.

   (of a marching cadence) very quick

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Questions about double-quick

What does double-quick mean?

double-quick means "(of a marching cadence) very quick".

How many syllables are in double-quick?

double-quick has 4 syllables and divides as do-u-ble-q-uick under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is double-quick a common word?

double-quick is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.