Crossword clues for quickstep
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quickstep \Quick"step`\, n. (Mus.) A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing.
Wiktionary
n. A fast foxtrot noted for its complex and intricate footwork. vb. To dance the quickstep.
WordNet
n. military march accompanying quick time
a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps
v. perform a quickstep
[also: quickstepping, quickstepped]
Wikipedia
The quickstep is a light-hearted member of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is danced to make it suitable for both formal and informal events. Quickstep was developed in the twenties in New York and was first danced by Caribbean and African dancers. Its origins are in combination of slow foxtrot combined with the Charleston, a dance which was one of the precursors to what today is called swing dancing.
Usage examples of "quickstep".
If the band played a quickstep, I heated up my slow waltz a couple of degrees and tried to keep up with the others, but it was no good.
Deemos called quickstep for half a mile, the men were set to a jogging run for the same distance, before, panting and huffing, they were allowed to slow back to the march.
Ralph had held her at some distance whilst they fox trotted but once the quickstep began he had pulled her to him, and she could feel the length of his hard body against her whilst they moved as one.
Cries of pococurante and drum of quickstep waned, overwhelmed by a thunderous fusillade, so loud that I guessed the rest of the tour would be delivered with gestures.
The men composing the band of brass must have stolen silently into the alley about the sleeping hotel, and burst into the clamor of a rattling quickstep, on purpose.
She quickstepped back, parrying some blows, dodging others, stepping around trees, kicking up wet pine straw as she moved.
She snatched a handful of his remaining dreads and quickstepped through the double glass doors, dragging the bent-over surfer behind her.
The legionaries raised a cheer and quickstepped down the slate-paved street at a pace that soon left most of the rowdies gasping far behind them.
He quickstepped back toward the counter, tossed the sneakers to Ray, and then turned and fell into a sumo stance to challenge the tweed woman.
And realizing that, one day as he walked down California Street, down Nob Hill into the financial district, where he’d always felt inferior and out of touch with the world, as the brokers and bankers quickstepped around him, barking into their cell phones to Hong Kong or London or New York and never making eye contact, he started to not so much stroll, as strut.
She handed him the cooler and a folder from the briefcase, then traded bows with him and quickstepped back to the Lear.
He was overheard to observe to his aide as they quickstepped across the island, "There's a bad smell to this, a bad one for sure.
She snatched a handful of his remaining dreads and quickstepped through the double glass doors, dragging the bent-over surfer behind her.
The six visitors walked their mounts briskly, the quickstepping hooves of the dwarves’ ponies a sharp counterpoint to the louder clopping of the horses, and shortly they came to the town square.
The six visitors walked their mounts briskly, the quickstepping hooves of the dwarves' ponies a sharp counterpoint to the louder clopping of the horses, and shortly they came to the town square.