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quickie

UK/ˈkwɪki/US/ˈkwɪki/
nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #8,182 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: quickies

A quickie is a brief, informal thing squeezed into very little time. A quickie divorce, time for a quickie, a quickie survey.

It is informal in every use and often carries a sexual implication, which is worth knowing before saying it at work. A quickie divorce is a real newspaper term for an uncontested one that goes through fast.

Definitions of quickie

  1. 1nounquickieA brief, informal thing squeezed into very little time, such as a fast drink, a short chat, or a speedy divorce.B2+

    “We've only got ten minutes, so let's just have a quickie at the bar before the film.”

quickie is a thing.

Where it comes from

From quick + -ie.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

quickie in the wild

  • A quickie is sexual intercourse that individuals engage in when the time available is minimal.

    Quickie (sexual act)

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.