quickstep

noun

quick·​step ˈkwik-ˌstep How to pronounce quickstep (audio)
: a spirited march tune usually accompanying a march in quick time

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As a contestant on season 34 of Dancing With the Stars, Baldwin sparked a heated argument between the judges with her quickstep with pro partner Gleb Savchenko. Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025 Elaine and Alan’s scores revealed Elaine and Alan received a 24/30 for their quickstep. Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 Poor Bersten had his work cut out for him this week, having to choreograph a killer quickstep to the theme song from …. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025 The videos that initially skyrocketed her to MomTok fame were of her and her kids having dance parties on her kitchen countertop—a motif that popped up in her and her pro partner Jan Ravnik’s episode 2 quickstep. Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quickstep

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1811, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of quickstep was circa 1811

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“Quickstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quickstep. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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