double time

1. 1.

   a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog

   Broaderpace
2. 2.

   a doubled wage (for working overtime)

   Broaderwage

1. 1.

   at a faster speed

   “now let's play the piece again double-quick”

   Synonymsdouble quick

Questions about double time

What does double time mean?

double time means "a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for double time?

Close synonyms include double quick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is double time a common word?

double time is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.