quickstep in English
- quickstep⇄noun 1. a step used in marching in quick time.
Ex. The Grand Army starts off to war with a rousing quickstep, soon changes its tune to fit a war for which ... hardly any of the soldiers were prepared (Time).
2. music in a brisk march rhythm. - quickstep⇄quickstep, noun, verb, -stepped,-stepping.
- quickstep⇄v.i. 1. to march or progress at a lively pace.
Ex. But for all the explanations of the [ticker] tapewatchers there was one that underlay them all: The growing belief ... that the whole economy ... was once again quickstepping to new peaks (Newsweek