fast-food
adjective
1
: of, relating to, or specializing in food that can be prepared and served quickly
a fast-food restaurant
2
: designed for ready availability, use, or consumption and with little consideration given to quality or significance
fast-food TV programming
fast food
noun
Examples of fast-food in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Are fast-food chains open on Presidents Day?
—
Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Investigators initially suspected the shooting stemmed from an argument inside a McDonald’s on Broadway near the scene, where a worker described a dispute over spilt ice cream that led an adult woman and three men to attack a teenage girl inside the fast-food place earlier Wednesday.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
Wendy's – The fast-food chain saw shares jump 4% after fourth-quarter results outpaced expectations.
—Liz Napolitano,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
Same with traffic heading off to the left of the turnpike to get to the plaza bathrooms and fast-food windows.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fast-food
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Investigators initially suspected the shooting stemmed from an argument inside a McDonald’s on Broadway near the scene, where a worker described a dispute over spilt ice cream that led an adult woman and three men to attack a teenage girl inside the fast-food place earlier Wednesday.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
Wendy's – The fast-food chain saw shares jump 4% after fourth-quarter results outpaced expectations.
—Liz Napolitano,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
Same with traffic heading off to the left of the turnpike to get to the plaza bathrooms and fast-food windows.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fast-food
Cite this Entry
“Fast-food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast-food. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
