Browsing page 5 of "Q" words

adjective

• a fast and non-elegant solution put together under time or user pressure. Used esp. when you want to convey that you think the fast way might lead to trouble further down the road. See also kluge.

  I can have a quick-and-dirty fix in place tonight, but I'll have to rewrite the whole module to solve the underlying design problem.

  I ran out of time, so I had to do a quick-and-dirty job on that report.

  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

adverb

• very quickly.

                                                                  
  
                                                                                
  
  Citation from "Purple Haze", Eureka (TV), Season 1 Episode 10 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Dec 13 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 13 2010.

noun

• a very brief sexual encounter. May be performed in a non-traditional location such as a janitor's closet or bathroom.

  Pat and I had a quickie during his lunch break.

                                                                               
  
  Citation from "Cash Out", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 10 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: sex, sexual intercourse.

  Last edited on Dec 20 2010. Submitted by Justice F. from Alaska, USA on Oct 28 2001.

• any other pleasure indulged in intensely during a short break.

  Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by Anonymous from Worcester, MA, USA on Feb 06 2010.

• a short message.

  Hi son,
  
  Just a quickie before I go to work... Hope you did well on your final.
  
  Love, dad.

  Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 08 2010.

• anything short or quick.

  Last edited on Apr 28 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 28 2011.

noun

• a person who leaves quickly when something bad is about to happen.

  The new boy was a quick outie.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.

  Last edited on Nov 23 2002. Submitted by Danielle Norman from Moorestown, NJ, USA on Nov 23 2002.

• Let's get out here quick, in a hurry, fast!

  Let's get out of here, Quicktime.

  Last edited on Mar 26 2002. Submitted by M@ from UK on Mar 26 2002.

• Faster than fast. It is its own sentence.

  Quicktimes!

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Stephany Q. from Mississauga, ON, Canada on Nov 04 1997.

• To engage in intercourse for a very short period of time.

  Sharon and I had a quicky the other night.

  Last edited on Feb 20 2003. Submitted by David F. from Signal Mtn, TN, USA on Feb 20 2003.

• a fast, convenient sexual encounter

  Last edited on Apr 27 2004. Submitted by Brian on Apr 27 2004.