PDQ
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adverb, often not capitalized \ˌpē-(ˌ)dē-ˈkyü\Definition of PDQ
See Examples of PDQ
- We need to hire someone PDQ.
- <the boss wants the report, and he wants it PDQ>
Origin of PDQ
abbreviation of pretty damned quick
First Known Use: 1875
Related to PDQ
- Synonyms
- bang, directly, forthwith, headlong, incontinently, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, now, immediately, plumb, presently, promptly, pronto, right, right away, right now, right off, straightaway, straight off, straightway
Rhymes with PDQ
aperçu, avenue, babassu, baby blue, ballyhoo, barbecue, billet-doux, bird's-eye view, black-and-blue, buckaroo, bugaboo, callaloo, caribou, catechu, clerihew, cobalt blue, cockapoo, cockatoo, Cotonou, counterview, curlicue, déjà vu, derring-do, detinue, feverfew, follow-through, gardyloo, hitherto, honeydew, ingenue, interview, IOU, Irish stew, jabiru, Jiangsu, kangaroo, Kathmandu, kinkajou, loup-garou, Makalu, manitou, marabou, McAdoo, microbrew, midnight blue, Montague, Montesquieu, Mountain View, ormolu, overdo, overdue, overshoe, overstrew, overview, parvenu, parvenue, pas de deux, passe-partout, pay-per-view, peacock blue, peekaboo, peer review, petting zoo, Pompidou, Port Salut, rendezvous, residue, retinue, revenue, Roh Tae Woo, seppuku, Shikoku, sneak preview, succès fou, switcheroo, talking-to, teleview, Telugu, thereunto, thirty-two, thitherto, Timbuktu, tinamou, twenty-two, view halloo, vindaloo, w, wallaroo, waterloo, well-to-do, what have you, whoop-de-do, witches' brew, Xanadu
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