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How to pronounce quickstep in English?

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Type Words
Type of ballroom dance, ballroom dancing
Type Words
Type of martial music, military march, military music
Type Words
Type of dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe

Examples of quickstep

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Gosselin wins that disco ball trophy faster than Louis van Amstel can quickstep.
From the bostonherald.com
Emmitt's a cool cat, but maybe he was just a little too cool in his quickstep.
From the latimes.com
Pro wrestler Chris Jericho revealed a dapper look and a suave style on the quickstep.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The duo received perfect scores in the quickstep, foxtrot and Cha-cha-cha.
From the newsday.com
Even the oh-so-familiar theme music is rearranged from its quickstep tempo to a dirge.
From the dailyherald.com
Half the group will perform the quickstep while the other half do the jive.
From the denverpost.com
Learn the Rumba, quickstep and jive while relieving stress, burning calories, having fun.
From the charlotteobserver.com
She was inspired by watching Matlin do the cha-cha, waltz and quickstep.
From the freep.com
Even Roger Penske, Castroneves'racing team sponsor, was quick to get behind his quickstep.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Military march accompanying quick time
  • Perform a quickstep
  • A ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps
  • Quickstep is an International Style ballroom dance that follows a 4/4 time beat, at about 50 bars per minute.Silvester, Victor 1982. Modern ballroom dancing: history and practice. Paul, London.p62 An example of a song suitable for the classic quickstep would be Louis Prima's Sing, Sing, Sing. ...
  • Can be any of a variety of dance styles, depending on the country. In Scotland it is the equivalent of the Polka. Speed 88 bpm. (The Celtic Society Quickstep, Leitrim Quickstep, which is an Irish Slip Jig)
  • A dance popular in the 1920's in duple meter, a version of the foxtrot; a fast march
  • The English version of the Fast Fox Trot, which has quick hopping steps set in with the smoother gliding figures. It is very popular in Europe as a competition dance. It ranks among the "Big Five," the other three being the Slow Fox Trot, the Waltz, the Tango and the Viennese Waltz.