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Noun: quickstep  'kwik,step
  1. A ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps
    "Their quickstep routine was full of energy and precision"
     
  2. Military march accompanying quick time
    "The soldiers paraded to the brisk tempo of a quickstep"
Verb: quickstep (quickstepped,quickstepping)  'kwik,step
  1. Perform a quickstep
    "The ballroom dancers quickstepped with precision"

Derived forms: quickstepped, quicksteps, quickstepping

Type of: ballroom dance, ballroom dancing, dance, martial music, military march, military music, trip the light fantastic [archaic], trip the light fantastic toe [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Quickstep