Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Double-quick

Double-quick , adjective

(Military) Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march.

Double-quick , noun

Double-quick time, step, or march.

Double-quick time requires 165 steps, each 33 inches in length, to be taken in one minute. The number of steps may be increased up to 180 per minute.

Double-quick , verb, intransitive and transitive

(Military) To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.