quickie en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈkwɪki/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz Proto-West Germanic *kwiku Old English cwic Middle English quyk English quick English -ie English quickie From quick + -ie.
Meanings
- (colloquial) Something made or done swiftly.
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(broadly, colloquial) A brief sexual encounter.
Why talk about courtly love [l'amour courtois]^([sic]) today, in an age of permissiveness when the sexual encounter is often nothing more than a ‘quickie’ in some dark corner of an office?
2005 [1994], Slavoj Žižek, The Metastases of Enjoyment: Six Essays on Women and Causality, Verso, →ISBN, page 89:We had a quickie; I didn’t come & was only telling of the future where there was better bed fucks & us living contentedly as we walked slowly across town again to her home.
1971, Neal Cassady, The First Third, City Lights, page 136:
- A fast bowler.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| quickies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (28)
es rapidín (brief sexual encounter) · fi pikapano (brief sexual encounter) · uk швидки́й секс (brief sexual encounter) · cs rychlovka (something made or done swiftly) · is skyndikynni (brief sexual encounter) · it sveltina (brief sexual encounter) · uk перепиха́ння (brief sexual encounter) · el ξεπέτα (brief sexual encounter) · nb kjappis (brief sexual encounter) · fi pikaiset (brief sexual encounter) · de Quickie (something made or done swiftly) · cs rychlovka (brief sexual encounter) · tr cup cup (brief sexual encounter) · it cosa veloce (something made or done swiftly) · pt rapidinha (brief sexual encounter) · uk нашвидкору́ч зро́блена халту́ра (something made or done swiftly) · es quiqui (brief sexual encounter) · fi pikainen (something made or done swiftly) · fr petite vite (brief sexual encounter) · de Quickie (brief sexual encounter) · fi pika- (something made or done swiftly) · nl vluggertje (brief sexual encounter) · sv snabbis (something made or done swiftly) · de schnelle Nummer (brief sexual encounter) · es kiki (brief sexual encounter) · ru перепихон (brief sexual encounter) · pl numerek (brief sexual encounter) · sv snabbis (brief sexual encounter)