quickie

quick·ie

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After a long day at work, Myra's

After a long day at work, Myra's "go to" quickie for dinner is a vegetable omelet.

noun

The definition of a quickie is something done, or made, quickly or in a hurry.

An example of a quickie is a meal made in five minutes.
An example of a quickie is three-minute sex.

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quickie

anything done or made quickly; specif.,

a movie made quickly and cheaply
a hurriedly consumed drink of alcoholic liquor
a hasty act of sexual intercourse

done, completed, attained, etc. in less time than is usual or desirable

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quickie

noun

Informal

Something made or done rapidly.
An act of sexual intercourse that is done quickly and often furtively.

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quick′ie
adjective

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Noun

(plural quickies)

Something made or done swiftly.
A tryst of short duration.
(by extension) A brief sexual encounter.

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Over the course of the first season, Kourtney and Disick split and reunited and nearly married in Las Vegas, but her mom and sisters stepped in to convince Kourtney that a quickie wedding would be a mistake.
A Malawian child rights group, Eye of the Child, is rightfully upset about the quickie adoption, telling the Associated Press: "It's not like selling property.
Some couples, like Zach and Kendall Slater, do not have an event wedding, but get married in a quickie ceremony either off screen or in front of judge.
If you're looking for more quick-to-crochet patterns, check out the Mile-A-Minute Afghan, the Quick Crochet Blanket and the Quickie Ripple Throw.
They married in September 2004, just eight months after Spears had a quickie Las Vegas wedding to childhood friend Jason Alexander.

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